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burning
[ bur-ning ]
adjective
- aflame; on fire.
- very hot; simmering:
The water was burning.
- very bright; glowing:
She wore a burning red bathing suit.
- caused by or as if by fire, a burn, or heat:
He had a burning sensation in his throat.
- intense; passionate:
a burning desire.
- urgent or crucial:
a burning question.
burning
/ ˈɜːɪŋ /
adjective
- intense; passionate
- urgent; crucial
a burning problem
noun
- a form of heat treatment used to harden and finish ceramic materials or to prepare certain ores for further treatment by calcination
- overheating of an alloy during heat treatment in which local fusion or excessive oxide formation and penetration occur, weakening the alloy
- the heat treatment of particular kinds of gemstones to change their colour
Derived Forms
- ˈܰԾԲ, adverb
Other Word Forms
- ܰiԲ· adverb
- ԴDz·ܰiԲ adjective noun
- ܲ·ܰiԲ adjective
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
And before he was able to ask "what are you doing?" his eyes were burning and his skin "felt like jelly".
The family said Friday that “brave individuals” helped rescue Arenas from the burning vehicle.
But Meghan's other burning objective does appear to be getting people to just . . . like her.
“Phasing out agricultural burning, maintaining state investments in cleaning up heavy-duty trucks, and off-road agricultural equipment incentives are critical to ongoing local progress,” the American Lung Assn. wrote in a news release.
The only clue about how the election is proceeding is the smoke that emerges twice a day from burning the cardinals' ballot papers.
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