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burning

The correct spelling is burning.

How to pronounce burning

/bɜːnɪŋ/
verb

IPA: /bɜːnɪŋ/

Say it like: Bur-nin-g

The correct spelling is burning. To cause to be consumed by fire. For example: "He burned his manuscript in the fireplace."

Usage Examples

He burned his manuscript in the fireplace.

He watched the house burn.

He burned the toast. The blacksmith burned the steel.

Meanings

verb

  1. 1.To cause to be consumed by fire.
  2. 2.To be consumed by fire, or in flames.
  3. 3.To overheat so as to make unusable.
  4. 4.To become overheated to the point of being unusable.
  5. 5.To make or produce by the application of fire or burning heat.

noun

  1. 1.The act by which something burns or is burned.
  2. 2.A fire.

adjective

  1. 1.So hot as to seem to burn (something).
  2. 2.Feeling very hot.
  3. 3.Feeling great passion.
  4. 4.Consuming; intense; inflaming; exciting; vehement; powerful.
  5. 5.Being keenly discussed.

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