Burning - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈbɜːrnɪŋ|  American pronunciation of the word burning
Brit.  |ˈbɜːnɪŋ|  British pronunciation of the word burning
- this word is used as a present participle form of the verb 'to be'to burn

noun

- the act of burning something (syn: combustion)
the burning of leaves was prohibited by a town ordinance
- pain that feels hot as if it were on fire (syn: burn)
- a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light (syn: combustion)
- execution by electricity (syn: electrocution)
- execution by fire
- a form of torture in which cigarettes or cigars or other hot implements are used to burn the victim's skin

adjective

- of immediate import
burning issues of the day

Extra examples

She stared at the burning embers for a long time.

The medicine produced a burning sensation on my tongue.

Symptoms include itchy, burning eyes.

I had a burning desire to win.

He sat gazing into the burning flame of the candle.

They blamed the disaster on a worker who dropped a burning cigarette butt.

She was rescued from a burning building.

Claudia put her hands to her burning face.

Several people were trapped inside the burning building.

They managed to escape from the burning building.

A flame is kept constantly burning at the monument.

There was a little stove burning in the front room.

I could smell smoke and knew that something was burning.

Be sure not to leave any candles burning when you go to bed.

There was the distinct smell of something burning.

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