LEARNit Dictionary

burn

verb

to produce flames and heat

سوختن, آتش گرفتن, شعله‌ور شدن

to be on fire

سوختن, آتش گرفتن, شعله‌ور شدن, گر گرفتن

By nightfall the whole city was burning.

The girl ran from the burning building.

Two children were rescued from the burning car.

They called us to tell us that my aunt's house was burning.

The smell of burning rubber filled the air.

to destroy, damage, injure or kill somebody/something by fire; to be destroyed, etc. by fire

سوختن, سوزاندن, آتش گرفتن, محترق شدن

Six million acres have burned this year in the United States.

The house burned to the ground.

Ten people burned to death in the hotel fire.

to burn waste paper/dead leaves

All his belongings were burnt in the fire.

The house was burnt to the ground.

The survivors burned the bodies of the victims of the plague.

Several protesters burned American flags.

The cigarette burned a hole in the carpet.

Joan of Arc was burned at the stake.

His greatest fear is of being burnt alive.

Many were left with no choice but to burn alive or leap to their deaths from the upper floors.

if you burn a fuel, or a fuel burns, it produces heat, light or energy

سوختن, سوزاندن

Which fuel burns most efficiently?

a furnace that burns gas/oil/coke

(figurative)Some people burn calories faster than others.

if food burns, or if you burn it, it is damaged by too much heat

سوختن, سوخته شدن, برشته شدن

I can smell something burning in the kitchen.

Sorry—I burnt the toast.

to be damaged or injured by the sun, heat, acid, etc.; to damage or injure somebody/something in this way

سوختن, سوخته شدن, آسیب دیدن

My skin burns easily .

fair skin that burns easily

I got badly burned by the sun yesterday.

I burnt my tongue trying to eat a hot meat pie.

The soup's hot. Don't burn your mouth.

His face had been horrifically burnt by acid.

I burned myself on the stove.

if part of your body burns or is burning, it feels very hot and painful

سوختن, سوزش داشتن, درد و سوزش داشتن

Your forehead's burning. Have you got a fever?

Her cheeks burned with embarrassment.

to produce light

روشن شدن, ساطع کردن نور, درخشیدن, نور دادن

Lights were burning upstairs, but no one answered the door.

hot sunshine burning through the windows

Their torches burned brightly in the dark.

to feel or show a very strong emotion or desire

اشتیاق زیاد داشتن, جوش و خروش داشتن, شور و ذوق کردن

Her eyes burned fiercely.

to be burning with rage/ambition/love

He was burning to go climbing again.

to move very fast in a particular direction

حرکت سریع داشتن, به سرعت حرکت کردن, حرکت کردن به سرعت, شتافتن, پیش رفتن سریع

The car was burning down the road.

to make somebody very angry

عصبانی کردن, خشمگین کردن

So you did it just to burn me?

to put information onto a CD or DVD

رایت کردن, کپی کردن روی دیسک

to spend money

خرج کردن, هزینه کردن

The project burns £2 million a year in contractor costs.

The state has already burned through its cash reserves.