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Definition of Burning

1. Adjective. Of immediate import. "Burning issues of the day"

2. Noun. The act of burning something. "The burning of leaves was prohibited by a town ordinance"

3. Noun. Pain that feels hot as if it were on fire.

4. Noun. A process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light.

5. Noun. Execution by electricity.

6. Noun. Execution by fire.

7. Noun. A form of torture in which cigarettes or cigars or other hot implements are used to burn the victim's skin.

Definition of Burning

1. a. That burns; being on fire; excessively hot; fiery.

2. n. The act of consuming by fire or heat, or of subjecting to the effect of fire or heat; the state of being on fire or excessively heated.

Definition of Burning

1. Verb. (present participle of burn) ¹

2. Adjective. So hot as to seem to burn (something). ¹

3. Adjective. Feeling very hot. ¹

4. Adjective. Feeling great passion. ¹

5. Noun. A fire. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Burning

1. the firing of ceramic materials [n -S]

Medical Definition of Burning

1. 1. That burns; being on fire; excessively hot; fiery. 2. Consuming; intense; inflaming; exciting; vehement; powerful; as, burning zeal. "Like a young hound upon a burning scent. " (Dryden) Burning bush, an ornamental shrub (Euonymus atropurpureus), bearing a crimson berry. The act of consuming by fire or heat, or of subjecting to the effect of fire or heat; the state of being on fire or excessively heated. Burning fluid, any volatile illuminating oil, as the lighter petroleums (naphtha, benzine), or oil of turpentine (camphine), but especially. A mixture of the latter with alcohol. Burning glass, a conxex lens of considerable size, used for producing an intense heat by converging the sun's rays to a focus. Burning house, the furnace in which tin ores are calcined, to sublime the sulphur and arsenic from the pyrites. Weale. Burning mirror, a concave mirror, or a combination of plane mirrors, used for the same purpose as a burning glass. Synonym: Combustion, fire, conflagration, flame, blaze. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Burning

burner syndrome burners burnest burnet burnet bloodwort burneth burnets burnettize burnettized burnettizes

burnettizing burnfire burnfires burnie burnies burning (current term) burning(a) burning-ghat burning at the stake burning bar

burning bush burning down burning drops sign burning foot syndrome burning mouth syndrome burningly burnings burnish

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