burning

burn·ing

B0564400 (bûr′nĭng)adj.1. Marked by flames or intense heat: a burning sun.2. Characterized by intense emotion; passionate: a burning desire for justice.3. Of immediate import; urgent: "the issues that seem so burning in Washington" (John F. Kennedy).

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burning

(ˈbɜːnɪŋ) adj1. intense; passionate2. urgent; crucial: a burning problem. n3. (Ceramics) a form of heat treatment used to harden and finish ceramic materials or to prepare certain ores for further treatment by calcination4. (Metallurgy) overheating of an alloy during heat treatment in which local fusion or excessive oxide formation and penetration occur, weakening the alloy5. (Jewellery) the heat treatment of particular kinds of gemstones to change their colour ˈburningly adv

burn•ing

(ˈbɜr nɪŋ)

adj. 1. intense; passionate: a burning desire. 2. urgent or crucial: a burning question. [before 1000]

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Noun	1.	burning - the act of burning something; "the burning of leaves was prohibited by a town ordinance"combustionchange of integrity - the act of changing the unity or wholeness of somethingarson, fire-raising, incendiarism - malicious burning to destroy property; "the British term for arson is fire-raising"kindling, firing, ignition, inflammation, lighting - the act of setting something on fireincineration - the act of burning something completely; reducing it to ashes
	2.	burning - pain that feels hot as if it were on fireburnhurting, pain - a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder; "the patient developed severe pain and distension"
	3.	burning - a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and lightcombustiondeflagration - combustion that propagates through a gas or along the surface of an explosive at a rapid rate driven by the transfer of heatflame, flaming, fire - the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke; "fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries"internal combustion - the combustion of fuel inside a cylinder (as in an internal-combustion engine)oxidation, oxidisation, oxidization - the process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs accompanied by reduction
	4.	burning - execution by electricity electrocutioncapital punishment, death penalty, executing, execution - putting a condemned person to death
	5.	burning - execution by fireburning at the stakecapital punishment, death penalty, executing, execution - putting a condemned person to deathauto-da-fe - the burning to death of heretics (as during the Spanish Inquisition)
	6.	burning - a form of torture in which cigarettes or cigars or other hot implements are used to burn the victim's skintorturing, torture - the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason; "it required unnatural torturing to extract a confession"
Adj.	1.	burning - of immediate import; "burning issues of the day"important, of import - of great significance or value; "important people"; "the important questions of the day"

burning

adjective1. very hot, boiling, baking, flaming, tropical, roasting, searing, blistering, fiery, scorching, sizzling, red-hot, torrid, sweltering, broiling, unbearably hot the burning desert of central Asia2. intense, passionate, earnest, eager, frantic, frenzied, ardent, fervent, impassioned, zealous, vehement, all-consuming, fervid I had a burning ambition to become a journalist.
intense cool, calm, mild, faint, passive, indifferent, apathetic3. blazing, flaming, fiery, ignited, smouldering, glowing, ablaze, in flames, afire He was last seen alive as he ran into his burning house.4. flashing, blazing, flaming, gleaming, fiery She glared at both of them with burning, reproachful eyes.5. crucial, important, pressing, significant, essential, vital, critical, acute, compelling, urgent a burning question

burning

adjective1. On fire:ablaze, afire, aflame, alight, conflagrant, fiery, flaming.Idioms: in a blaze, in flames.2. Marked by much heat:ardent, baking, blistering, boiling, broiling, fiery, heated, hot, red-hot, roasting, scalding, scorching, searing, sizzling, sultry, sweltering, torrid.3. Characterized by intense emotion and activity:fervid, fevered, feverish, heated, hectic.4. Fired with intense feeling:ardent, blazing, dithyrambic, fervent, fervid, fiery, flaming, glowing, heated, hot-blooded, impassioned, passionate, perfervid, red-hot, scorching, torrid.5. Compelling immediate attention:crying, dire, emergent, exigent, imperative, instant, pressing, urgent.

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