Definitions
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- v. Simple past of burn.
- v. Past participle of burn
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- See burnt.
- Burnished.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adj. ruined by overcooking
- adj. destroyed or badly damaged by fire
- adj. treated by heating to a high temperature but below the melting or fusing point
Etymologies
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Examples
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“Very well,” I said, rubbing the word burned onto my wrist.
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I remembered the word burned into that heart at Fountain Square.
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The word burned his mouth, but Vionne could think of no other.
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“Akrep,” spat the Aga Khan, as if the name burned in his mouth.
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He had decided, the phrase burned with the implication that she had no say in the matter.
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There be land out there with my name burned on it like a brand on a cow, and ain’t nobody keeping me from it.
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I was nauseous for those two days, but not until day three did I start to lose it, mostly from my lower half, until the night of day three, when I vomited so hard my throat still burned from the acid the next night.
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I hate when people think something they did not enjoy needs to be forgotten, not spoken about or burned from the human collective.
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The brutal years had reduced his meagre body to splintered wreckage, and yet the spark of life within burned brightly as ever.
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We didn't do anything official for Summer Soltace, although I think getting sun burned is a fine tradition on a solar holiday.
bilby commented on the word burned
*rakes through the ashes and finds no listings*
August 11, 2008