burning

English

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)nɪŋ

Verb

burning

1. Present participle of burn.

Adjective

burning (comparative more burning, superlative most burning)

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

   the burning sun

2. Feeling very hot.

   burning skin

3. Feeling great passion.

   her burning heart

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

   burning zeal

   • Dryden

     Like a young hound upon a burning scent.

Translations

so hot as to seem to burn (something)

• Bulgarian: горящ (bg) (gorjašt)
• Czech: pálící m (of sun)
• Finnish: polttava (fi)

• German: brennend (de)
• Romanian: arzător (ro) m and n, ardent (ro) m and n, ferbinte (ro)

feeling very hot

• Bulgarian: горещ (bg) (gorešt)
• Czech: pálivý m (of nettle)

• Finnish: palava (fi)
• Hebrew: בוער (he) (bo'er), רותח (he) (rote'akh)

feeling great passion

• Bulgarian: горещ (bg) (gorešt)
• Czech: palčivý m (of problem)

• Finnish: palava (fi), polttava (fi)

Noun

burning (plural burnings)

1. The act by which something burns or is burned.
   • 1828, Timothy Flint, The Western Monthly Review (volume 1, page 403)

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

2. A fire.

   The burnings continued all day.

Translations

fire

• Bulgarian: огън (bg) (ogǎn) m, горене (bg) (gorene) n
• Finnish: palo (fi)
• German: Verbrennung (de) f

• Greek: καύση (el) (káfsi) f
• Hebrew: שריפה (he) (srefa) f, דליקה (he) (dleka) f
• Romanian: ardere (ro) f