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Definition of Burn out
1. Verb. Melt, break, or become otherwise unusable. "The fuse blew"
Generic synonyms: Break, Break Down, Conk Out, Die, Fail, Give Out, Give Way, Go, Go Bad
Derivative terms: Blowout
Definition of Burn out
1. Verb. To extinguish due to lack of fuel. ¹
2. Verb. (idiomatic) To tire due to overwork. ¹
3. Verb. (idiomatic) To make (someone) unavailable for work involving exposure to ionizing radiation by employing (the person) in such work until the person's accumulated exposure reaches the maximum permitted for an administrative period, typically a year. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Burn Out
Literary usage of Burn out
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A German-English Dictionary for Chemists by Austin McDowell Patterson (1917)
"vi burn out. ausbringen, ri yield, produce; bring out, take away. Ausbruch, m.
wine of the first press; outburst, outbreak, explosion, ..."
2. Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern English and Foreign Sources by James Wood (1899)
"... No ashes are lighter than those of incense, and few things burn out sooner.
/ .mdor. No atheist denies a divinity, but only some name of a divinity ..."
3. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1917)
"Nothing serious, however, was indicated by the latter burn-out. ... 223 were made
and the close proximity between ttis burn-out and the burn-out on line No. ..."
4. Encyclopedia of Engineering: A Treatise on Boilers, Steam Engines, the by International School of Engineering (1906)
"If neglected too long they are liable to become filled with scale and burn out.
A plan which is said to give good results is to connect a tee in the ..."
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