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burn out
burn 1 B0563100 (bûrn)v. burned or burnt (bûrnt), burn·ing, burns v.intr.1. To undergo combustion or be consumed as fuel: The dry wood burned quickly.2. To be damaged, injured, or destroyed by fire, heat, radiation, electricity, or a caustic agent: a house that burned to the ground; eggs that burned and stuck to the pan.3. To consume fuel: a rocket stage designed to burn for three minutes before being jettisoned.4. a. To emit heat or light by fire or energy: campfires burning in the dark; lights burning in the windows.b. To become dissipated or be dispelled: The fog burned off as the sun came up. Their anger burned away in time.5. a. To suffer death or punishment by fire: souls burning in hell.b. To be electrocuted.6. a. To be very hot; bake: a desert burning under the midday sun.b. To feel or look hot: a child burning with fever.c. To impart a sensation of heat: a liniment that burns when first applied.7. a. To penetrate something by intense heat, energy, or caustic effect: The acid burned into the table.b. To cause a strong impression, especially by emotional intensity: a look that burned into them; shame burning into my heart.8. a. To become irritated or painful, as by chafing or inflammation: eyes burning from the smoke.b. To become sunburned or windburned.9. To be consumed with strong emotion, especially:a. To be or become angry: an insult that really made me burn.b. To be very eager: was burning with ambition.v.tr.1. a. To cause to undergo combustion, especially to the point of destruction: We burned the scrap wood in the fireplace.b. To consume (fuel or energy, for example): burned all the wood that winter.2. a. To use as a fuel: a furnace that burns coal.b. To metabolize (glucose, for example) in the body.3. To damage or injure by fire, heat, radiation, electricity, or a caustic agent: burned the toast; burned my skin with the acid.4. a. To make or produce by fire or heat: burn a hole in the rug.b. To dispel or dissipate, as by heat: The sun burned off the fog. Resentments that burned away their tender feelings.5. a. To execute or kill with fire: burning heretics at the stake.b. To execute by electrocution.6. a. To irritate or inflame, as by chafing or sunburn.b. To impart a sensation of intense heat to: The chili burned my mouth.c. To make angry: What really burns me is his arrogance.7. To brand (an animal).8. a. To engrave or make indelible by burning: burned his initials into the wood.b. To cause to be felt or remembered because of emotional intensity: The image of the accident was burned into my memory.9. To harden or impart a finish to by subjecting to intense heat; fire: burn clay pots in a kiln.10. a. To defeat in a contest, especially by a narrow margin.b. Sports To outplay or score on (an opponent), especially through quick or deceptive movement.c. To inflict harm or hardship on; hurt: "Huge loan losses have burned banks in recent years" (Christian Science Monitor).d. To swindle or deceive; cheat: We really got burned on the used car we bought.11. a. To write data onto (an optical disc).b. To write (data) onto an optical disc.n.1. An injury produced by fire, heat, radiation, electricity, or a caustic agent.2. A burned place or area: a cigarette burn in the tablecloth.3. An act, process, or result of burning: The fire settled down to a steady burn.4. A sensation of intense heat, stinging pain, or irritation: a chili burn on the tongue; the burn of alcohol on an open wound.5. A sunburn or windburn.Phrasal Verbs: burn out1. To stop burning from lack of fuel: The campfire eventually burned out.2. To wear out or make or become inoperative as a result of heat or friction: The short circuit burned out the fuse. The computer's motherboard burned out.3. To make or become exhausted, especially as a result of long-term stress: "Hours are long, stress is high, and many recruits drop out or burn out" (Robert J. Samuelson).4. To cause (someone) to have to evacuate an area or building because of fire: The shopkeeper was burned out by arsonists. burn up1. To make angry: Their rudeness really burns me up.2. To travel over or through at high speed: drag racers burning up the track.Idioms: burn itself out To stop burning from lack of fuel: The brush fire finally burned itself out. burn (one's) bridges To eliminate the possibility of return or retreat.burn the/one's candle at both ends To exhaust oneself or one's resources by leading a hectic or extravagant life. burn the midnight oil To work or study very late at night. to burn In great amounts: They had money to burn.
[Middle English burnen, from Old English beornan, to be on fire, and from bærnan, to set on fire; see gwher- in Indo-European roots.]Synonyms: burn1, scorch, singe, sear1, char1
These verbs mean to injure or alter by means of intense heat or flames. Burn, the most general, applies to the effects of exposure to a source of heat or to something that can produce a similar effect: burned the muffins in the oven; skin burned by the wind and sun. Scorch involves superficial burning that discolors or damages the texture of something: scorched the shirt with the iron. Singe specifies superficial burning and especially the removal of hair or feathers from a carcass before cooking: singed his finger lighting the match; plucked and singed the chicken before roasting it. Sear applies to rapid superficial burning using high heat: seared the meat in a hot skillet. To char is to reduce a substance to carbon or charcoal by partial burning: trees charred by the forest fire.
burn 2 B0563100 (bûrn)n. Scots A small stream; a brook.
[Middle English, from Old English burna; see bhreu- in Indo-European roots.]burn out vb (adverb) 1. (Mechanical Engineering) to become or cause to become worn out or inoperative as a result of heat or friction: the clutch burnt out. 2. (Mechanical Engineering) (intr) (of a rocket, jet engine, etc) to cease functioning as a result of exhaustion of the fuel supply3. (tr; usually passive) to destroy by fire4. to become or cause to become exhausted through overwork or dissipation n 5. (Mechanical Engineering) the failure of a mechanical device from excessive heating 6. (Pathology) a total loss of energy and interest and an inability to function effectively, experienced as a result of excessive demands upon one's resources or chronic overwork Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | burn out - melt, break, or become otherwise unusable; "The lightbulbs blew out"; "The fuse blew"blow out, blowconk out, go bad, break down, die, fail, give out, give way, break, go - stop operating or functioning; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident" |
burnverb1. To undergo combustion:blaze, combust, flame, flare.2. To undergo or cause to undergo damage by or as if by fire:char, scorch, sear, singe.3. To emit a bright light:beam, blaze, gleam, glow, incandesce, radiate, shine.4. To feel or look hot:bake, broil, roast, swelter.5. To feel or cause to feel a sensation of heat or discomfort:bite, smart, sting.6. To cause to become sore or inflamed:inflame, irritate, sting.7. To cause to feel or show anger.Also used with up:anger, enrage, incense, infuriate, madden, provoke.Idioms: make one hot under the collar, make one's blood boil, put one's back up.8. To be or become angry:anger, blow up, boil over, bristle, explode, flare up, foam, fume, rage, seethe.Informal: steam.Idioms: blow a fuse, blow a gasket, blow one's stack, breathe fire, fly off the handle, get hot under the collar, hit the ceiling, lose one's temper, see red.9. To be in a state of emotional or mental turmoil:boil, bubble, churn, ferment, seethe, simmer, smolder.phrasal verb
burn outTo lose so much strength and power as to become ineffective or motionless:give out, run down.Slang: poop out.nounDamage or a damaged substance that results from burning:char, scorch, sear, singe.Translationsburn out
burn out1. verb To cease burning (as of something that is on fire). Get the birthday girl in here before the candles on her cake burn out! At this point, the firefighters are just going to let the fire burn out.2. verb To stop working properly, often through overheating. In this usage, a reflexive pronoun can be used between "burn" and "out." Unfortunately, I think the motor in your lawn mower has burned out. We have to repair the engine before it burns itself out.3. verb To hollow out by fire, as of a building. The fire completely ravaged and burned out our beloved home.4. verb To force someone to leave a place by setting it on fire. During their attack, the troops burned out everyone in the town.5. verb To overwork or exhaust someone or oneself, especially to the point of no longer being able to maintain a particular level of performance or dedication. In this usage, a reflexive pronoun is often used between "burn" and "out." If you keep staying up so late working on this report, you're going to burn yourself out. Don't burn out your interns by making them come in every day.6. noun One who is apathetic and unmotivated, especially an employee. When used as a noun, the phrase is usually written as one word. We need to hire some hard workers and get rid of these burnouts who collect a paycheck for doing nothing.7. noun, slang A regular drug user or addict who displays the adverse effects of drug use, especially cognitive impairment. When used as a noun, the phrase is usually written as one word. You can't dismiss these students just because they're burnouts—they clearly need help and guidance.See also: burn, outburned out1. Overworked or exhausted, especially to the point of no longer being able to maintain a particular level of performance or dedication. If you keep working nights and weekends, you're going to get burned out. She's probably burned out after studying all week.2. slang Physically damaged by drug use. Typically used to describe an IV drug user's veins. I used to be an addict, honey, so my veins are all burned out these days.3. slang Negatively impacted by drug use or addiction. You can't just dismiss these burned out students when they clearly need help and guidance.4. slang Tolerant of a certain drug and thus unable to feel its effects anymore. I'm burned out on that stuff, man—it just does nothing for me anymore.See also: burn, outburn (itself) out 1. [for a flame or fire] to run out of fuel and go out. Finally, the fires burned themselves out. The fire finally burned out. 2. [for an electrical or mechanical part] to fail and cease working. The motor finally burned itself out. The light bulb burned out.See also: burn, outburn (oneself) outFig. to do something so long and so intensely that one gets sick and tired of doing it. I burned myself out as a competitive swimmer. I just cannot stand to practice anymore. Tom burned himself out in that boring job.See also: burn, outburn someone outFig. to wear someone out; to make someone ineffective through overuse. (See also someone up">use someone up.) Facing all these problems at once will burn Tom out. The continuous problems burned out the office staff in a few months.See also: burn, outburn something out 1. to burn away the inside of something, getting rid of excess deposits. The mechanic burned the carbon out of the manifold. He burned out all of the carbon deposits. 2. to wear out an electrical or electronic device through overuse. Turn it off. You're going to burn the motor out! He burned out the motor.See also: burn, outburn out1. Stop functioning because something, such as fuel, has been used up. For example, There's nothing wrong with the lamp; the light bulb just burned out. [Late 1300s] 2. be burned out. Lose one's home, place of work, or school as the result of a fire. For example, Hundreds of tenants are burned out every year because of negligent landlords. 3. Also, burn oneself out. Make or become exhausted or disaffected, especially with one's work or schooling. For example, Many young lawyers burn themselves out after a few years of 70-hour weeks. This metaphoric term alludes to a fire going out for lack of new fuel. Robert Southey used it in an 1816 essay: "The spirit of Jacobinism was burnt out in France." [1970s] See also: burn, outburn outv.1. To stop burning from lack of fuel: The candle burned out in a wisp of smoke. The bonfire burned out, and we threw sand on the embers.2. To become inoperative as a result of excess heat or friction: This vacuum cleaner needs to be fixed—I think the motor burned out.3. To destroy some structure completely by fire, so that only the frame is left. Used chiefly in the passive: City hall was burned out in the attack.4. To be compelled or forced to leave some place due to fire. Used chiefly in the passive: The shopkeeper was burned out by arsonists.5. To become exhausted, especially as a result of stress or excessive work: I'm so burned out with work—I could really use a vacation.6. To make someone exhausted as a result of stress or excessive work: Your busy schedule will burn you out if you don't take a break soon. I burned myself out by studying too late into the night.See also: burn, outburned out and burnt out1. mod. tired; bored. I’m burned out after all that partying. 2. mod. having to do with the ruined veins of an addict. (Drugs.) My veins are burnt out so I shoot in the jug. 3. mod. ruined by marijuana smoking. (see also burnout.) What’s left for these burned out kids? 4. mod. no longer affected by a particular drug. (Drugs.) It’s no good. I’m just burned out. The stuff doesn’t affect me at all. See also: burn, outburnout (ˈbɚnɑʊt)1. n. a person who is ruined by drugs. Two burnouts sat on the school steps and stared at their feet. 2. n. someone no longer effective on the job. We try to find some other employment for the burnouts. burn itself out To stop burning from lack of fuel: The brush fire finally burned itself out.See also: burn, itself, outburn out
burn out1. Engineering the failure of a mechanical device from excessive heating 2. Psychology a total loss of energy and interest and an inability to function effectively, experienced as a result of excessive demands upon one's resources or chronic overwork MedicalSeeburnFinancialSeeBurnburn out
Synonyms for burn outverb melt, break, or become otherwise unusableSynonymsRelated Words- conk out
- go bad
- break down
- die
- fail
- give out
- give way
- break
- go
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