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The correct spelling is burn.
How to pronounce burn
/bɜːn/
nounIPA: /bɜːn/
Say it like: Bur-n
The correct spelling is burn. A physical injury caused by heat, cold, electricity, radiation or caustic chemicals. For example: "She had second-degree burns from falling in the bonfire."
Usage Examples
“She had second-degree burns from falling in the bonfire.”
“chili burn from eating hot peppers”
“They're doing a controlled burn of the fields.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A physical injury caused by heat, cold, electricity, radiation or caustic chemicals.
- 2.A sensation resembling such an injury.
- 3.The act of burning something with fire.
- 4.An intense non-physical sting, as left by shame or an effective insult.
- 5.An effective insult, often in the expression sick burn (excellent or badass insult).
verb
- 1.To cause to be consumed by fire.
- 2.To be consumed by fire, or in flames.
- 3.To overheat so as to make unusable.
- 4.To become overheated to the point of being unusable.
- 5.To make or produce by the application of fire or burning heat.
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