burning — English Dictionary

Adjective

1. So hot as to seem to burn (something).

   Synonyms

   ardentlive

   Examples

   the burning sun

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   The desert storm was riding in its strength; the travellers lay beneath the mastery of the fell simoom. Whirling wreaths and columns of burning wind, rushed around and over them.

   Hot summer streets and the pavements are burning, I sit around / Trying to smile, but the air is so heavy and dry

2. Feeling very hot.

   Examples

   burning skin

3. Feeling great passion.

   Examples

   her burning heart

4. Consuming; intense; inflaming; exciting; vehement; powerful.

   Examples

   burning zeal

   a burning passion

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   like a young hound upon a burning scent

5. Being keenly discussed.

   Examples

   a burning question; a burning issue

6. On fire.

   Examples

   A firefighter puts water on a burning tree as flames approach a containment line, while fighting the King fire near Fresh Pond, California.

   The driver remained at his post, while telling fireman Jim Nightall to get down on the track and run back to uncouple the burning wagon from the rest.

Noun

1. The act by which something burns or is burned.

   Examples

   It gives a fine delineation of the burnings of shame, disappointed ambition, and vengeance[…]

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   The propriety of the dissolution, too, was speedily seen in the improved state of the public peace: for twelve years we hear little of Orange riots, and nothing of such burnings and wreckings as those of Maghera, Maghery, and Annahagh.

   The suspect is the 21-year-old son of a St. Landry Parish sheriff’s deputy and may have been influenced by “black metal” music and its “associated history with church burnings,” the state fire marshal’s office said.

2. A fire.

   Examples

   The burnings continued all day.

3. The purposeful removal of certain number of coins in circulation, by sending them to a public address where the private keys cannot be obtained (called burn address, eater address or black hole), which usually should be available on the blockchain for anyone to review such a transaction. It’s a one-way address with no ability to reverse the transaction or withdraw the coins. For all practical purposes, the asset no longer exists (it has been “burned”). The act of burning effectively removes tokens from the available supply.

4. A fiery pain.

Adjective

1. of immediate import

   Examples

   burning issues of the day

Noun

1. the act of burning something

   Synonyms

   combustion

   Broader terms

   change of integrity

   Examples

   the burning of leaves was prohibited by a town ordinance

2. pain that feels hot as if it were on fire

   Synonyms

   burn

   Broader terms

   painhurting

3. a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light

   Synonyms

   combustion

   Broader terms

   oxidationoxidizationoxidisation

4. execution by electricity

   Synonyms

   electrocution

   Broader terms

   executionexecutingcapital punishmentdeath penalty

5. execution by fire

   Synonyms

   burning at the stake

   Broader terms

   executionexecutingcapital punishmentdeath penalty

6. a form of torture in which cigarettes or cigars or other hot implements are used to burn the victim's skin

   Broader terms

   torturetorturing