A physical injury caused by heat, cold, electricity, radiation or caustic chemicals. / A sensation resembling such an injury. / The act of burning something with fire.

(transitive) To cause to be consumed by fire. / (intransitive) To be consumed by fire, or in flames. / (transitive) To overheat so as to make unusable.

(Northern England, Scotland) A stream.

simple past tense and past participle of burn

present participle of burn

So hot as to seem to burn (something). / Feeling very hot. / Feeling great passion. / Consuming; intense; inflaming; exciting; vehement; powerful. / Being keenly discussed. / On fire.

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

Obsolete spelling of burn

(postpositive) In abundant supply.

The process by which components of a system are exercised prior to being placed in service (and sometimes before assembly), forcing certain failures to occur under supervised conditions.