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# burning

«burning» in Mova's school dictionary: **On fire; giving out flames and heat: a burning building** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (burning); verb form (-ing of burn: burn, burns, burned/burnt, burning); noun (burning — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) On fire; giving out flames and heat: a burning building. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burning/#m1)

2) Very hot: burning sand. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burning/#m2)

3) Feeling sore and hot: a burning feeling in your eyes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burning/#m3)

4) Very strong or important: a burning question, a burning wish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burning/#m4)

5) The -ing form of burn: «The fire is burning». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burning/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In science: burning (combustion) needs fuel, oxygen and heat — the fire triangle; burning is an irreversible change (you can't get the wood back); burning fuel releases carbon dioxide. In safety: if you smell burning, tell an adult; get out of a burning building, stay low under smoke, don't go back in; stop, drop and roll if your clothes catch fire; cool a burn under cold running water for 20 minutes. Phrases: burning smell, burning hot, burning question, burning sensation, candle burning, burning down.

### examples

- I can smell something burning! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burning/#x1)
- Get out of a burning building and don't go back in. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burning/#x2)
- The sand was burning hot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burning/#x3)
- The candle is burning on the table. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burning/#x4)
- My eyes were burning from the smoke. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burning/#x5)
- Burning wood is a change you can't undo. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burning/#x6)
- I have a burning question for the teacher. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burning/#x7)
- Stop, drop and roll if your clothes are burning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burning/#x8)
- My throat is dry and burning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burning/#x9)

### note

Past of burn: burned (US and UK) or burnt (UK, Australia). «Burnt toast» uses burnt as an adjective. Burning is an irreversible change, unlike melting. Never use butter or ice on a burn — use cool running water.

### In the corpora

- [Burning with curiosity, Alice dashes after him and jumps down a rabbit-hole without once thinking how she will get out again.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/1-alice-ch1-part1-down-the-rabbit-hole/2/)
- [Burning wax joins its carbon and hydrogen with oxygen and makes carbon dioxide and water vapour.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/11-the-candle-and-burning/10/)
- [Breathing and burning are the same kind of reaction: food or fuel joins with oxygen, giving energy, carbon dioxide and water.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/11-the-candle-and-burning/12/)
- [Burning charcoal gives off carbon monoxide, an invisible poisonous gas, so barbecues must never be brought indoors or into a tent.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/11-the-candle-and-burning/16/)
- [Rusting is a very slow cousin of burning: iron and oxygen join and give out a little heat.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/13-rust-irons-slow-fire/4/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «burning» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burning/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.