Definitions for burnt

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Spelling: [burnt]

IPA: /bɜrnt/

Burnt is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 46 anagrams from letters in burnt (bnrtu).

Definitions for burnt

noun

1. a burned place or area:
2. Pathology. an injury usually caused by heat but also by abnormal cold, chemicals, poison gas, electricity, or lightning, and characterized by a painful reddening and swelling of the epidermis (first-degree burn) damage extending into the dermis, usually with blistering (second-degree burn) or destruction of the epidermis and dermis extending into the deeper tissue with loss of pain receptors (third-degree burn)
3. slow burn.
4. the process or an instance of burning or baking, as in brickmaking.
5. a forest or brush fire.
6. the firing of a rocket engine.
7. a burning sensation felt in the muscles during intense exercise (usually preceded by the):
8. Slang. a swindle.

verb

1. a simple past tense and past participle of burn1 .

Idioms

1. burn one's bridges (behind one). bridge1 (def 26).
2. burn oneself out, to exhaust one's energy, ideas, etc., through overwork or intemperance:
3. burn the midnight oil, to work, study,etc., until late at night:
4. burn the / one's candle at both ends, to be excessively active or immoderate, as by leading an active social life by night and a busy work life by day:

adjective

1. Fine Arts. of or showing earth pigments that have been calcined and changed to a deeper and warmer color: of or showing colors having a deeper or grayer hue than is usually associated with them:

Verb phrases

1. burn down, to burn to the ground:
2. burn in, Photography. (in printing) to expose (one part of an image) to more light by masking the other parts in order to darken and give greater detail to the unmasked area. Also, print in. Compare dodge (def 2).
3. burn off, (of morning mist) to be dissipated by the warmth of the rising sun.
4. burn on, to weld lead with lead.
5. burn one up, Informal. to incite to anger:
6. burn out, to cease functioning because something has been exhausted or burned up, as fuel or a filament: to deprive of a place to live, work, etc., by reason of fire: to wear out; exhaust; be worn out; become exhausted.
7. burn up, to burn completely or utterly: Informal. to become angry:

verb (used with object)

1. to cause to undergo combustion or be consumed partly or wholly by fire.
2. to use as fuel or as a source of light:
3. to cause to feel the sensation of heat.
4. to overcook or char:
5. to sunburn.
6. to injure, endanger, or damage with or as if with fire:
7. to execute by burning:
8. to subject to fire or treat with heat as a process of manufacturing.
9. to produce with or as if with fire:
10. to cause sharp pain or a stinging sensation:
11. to consume rapidly, especially to squander:
12. Slang. to suffer losses or be disillusioned in business or social relationships:
13. Slang. to cheat or rob.
14. Digital Technology. to copy or write data to (an optical disk): Compare rip1 (def 4).
15. Chemistry. to cause to undergo combustion; oxidize.
16. to damage through excessive friction, as in grinding or machining; scorch.
17. Metallurgy. to oxidize (a steel ingot), as with a flame.
18. British. to scald (a wine, especially sherry) in an iron container over a fire.
19. Cards. to put (a played or rejected card) face up at the bottom of the pack.
20. Slang. to disclose the identity of (an undercover agent, law officer, etc.):

verb (used without object)

1. to undergo rapid combustion or consume fuel in such a way as to give off heat, gases, and, usually, light; be on fire:
2. (of a fireplace, furnace, etc.) to contain a fire.
3. to feel heat or a physiologically similar sensation; feel pain from or as if from a fire:
4. to give off light or to glow brightly:
5. to give off heat or be hot:
6. to produce pain or a stinging sensation similar to that of fire; cause to smart:
7. Games. to be extremely close to finding a concealed object or guessing an answer.
8. to feel extreme anger:
9. to feel strong emotion or passion:
10. Chemistry. to undergo combustion, either fast or slow; oxidize. to undergo fission or fusion.
11. to become charred or overcooked by heat:
12. to receive a sunburn:
13. to be damned:
14. Slang. to die in an electric chair:
15. to be engraved by or as if by burning:

Origin of burnt

before 900; Middle English bernen, brennen, Old English beornan (intransitive), (cognate with Gothic, Old High German brinnan), and Old English bærnan (transitive), (cognate with Gothic brann

Examples for burnt

This we also burnt with fire, after we had protected the fresh flint by plastering it with clay.

I sent for you in order to tell you that I burnt that letter at Audierne.

The Lawd will pahvide whethah it's a burnt offerin' or a meal's vittles.

What does the preciousness of our white flesh represent in contrast to burnt brown bodies created by our bombs?

Omran, who was 17 at the time, was completely bald, weak, and as frail as a burnt match.

Her hair was short, too, and some of the colour had been burnt out of it by the fever.

For Paul, the thrill of breakfast with the Reverend, may be giving way to the taste of burnt toast.

The inside of the church was then burnt, and hardly one escaped.

I learned some things I can't unlearn: human kneecaps look like rocks; bones when burnt, shrink and twist.

Then he panicked and took her body somewhere and burnt it on fire!