Lexic.us

Definition of Burning

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

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

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

Literary usage of Burning

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1856)
"Collected yn to a brief for a burning in a place called y' Maze, in y• Parishes ... 00 09 081 Also to a burning in Channel Row, in y' City of Westminster in ..."

2. Science Abstracts by Institution of Electrical Engineers (1900)
"This isa physical investigation of the temperature gradient in a homogeneous burning mixture of gases, such as a detonating mixture of oxygen and hydrogen. ..."

3. The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion by James George Frazer (1900)
"In other words, by burning the spirit of vegetation in a fire which represents the sun, you make sure that, for a time at least, vegetation shall have ..."

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