burn
To hurt, damage, or destroy something using fire or heat.
To damage, injure, or destroy something by exposing it to fire, heat, or chemicals.
To feel pain because something hot or rough touches your skin.
To experience a painful sensation caused by heat, friction, or chemicals.
To use fuel like wood or gas to make heat, light, or power.
To consume fuel, such as wood, coal, or gasoline, to produce heat, light, or power.
To put music, videos, or files onto a CD or DVD using a computer.
To record data onto a CD, DVD, or similar disc by using a laser.
A wound on the skin made by something very hot, chemicals, electricity, or the sun.
An injury to the skin or flesh caused by heat, chemicals, electricity, or radiation.
- Base: burn
- Plural: burns
- Base: burn
- 3rd Person Singular: burns
- Present Participle: burning
- Past: burned, burnt
- Past Participle: burned
burn one's bridges
1Destroy path back to past situation
To do something that makes it impossible to go back to how things were before.
- By insulting his boss, he really burned his bridges at that company.
- Think carefully before you burn your bridges with old friends.
burn out
1Become exhausted from overwork
To become very tired and unable to work well because of working too much or being under too much stress for a long time.
- After years in that job, he finally burned out and quit.
- Teachers often burn out if they don't take breaks.
burn up
1Be destroyed by fire or heat
To be completely destroyed by fire or extreme heat.
- The documents burned up in the flames.
- The spacecraft will burn up when it enters the atmosphere.
money to burn
1Have more money than needed
To have more money than you need and can spend freely.
- He must have money to burn if he can afford that car.
- They act like they have money to burn.
burn the midnight oil
1Work late into the night
To work late at night, usually studying or working on something important.
- She’s been burning the midnight oil preparing for her exams.
- She burned the midnight oil to finish her thesis.
- He had to burn the midnight oil to finish the report.
- We had to burn the midnight oil to meet the deadline.
- They've been burning the midnight oil preparing for the big presentation.
- She burned the midnight oil studying for her exams.
burn the midnight oil
2work or study very late
To work or study until very late at night, especially past midnight.
- She had to burn the midnight oil to finish her thesis.
- We’ve been burning the midnight oil all week to meet the deadline.