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burnsnounpl. of burnBritish a natural body of running water smaller than a riverthe walkers forded the shallow burn and then came upon a field of gorse becks(British), bourns(or bournes), brooklets, brooks, creeks, gills(British), rills, rivulets, runlets, runnels, runs(chiefly Midland), streamlets arroyos, billabongs(Australian), freshes, freshets, runoffsbayous, coulees, sloughs(also slews or slues), streams, washescanals, channels, cutoffs, cuts, guts, kills, millraces, millstreams, races, watercourses, waterwaysaffluents, branches, confluents, distributaries, influents, tributaries burnsverbpresent tense third-person singular of burnto be on fire especially brightlyall evening long we just sat there, contentedly watching the Yule log burn blazes, combusts, flames, glows catches, enkindlesdeflagrates, fires, ignites, kindlesflares (up), lights (up)flickers, gutters, waversbakes, broils, chars, cooks, melts, roasts, scorches, swelterssmolders(or smoulders), sparks, sputtersbeams, brightens, radiatesbeats (down), flashes, glares, gleams, glimmers, glints, glistens, glitters, scintillates, shimmers, shines, sparkles, twinkles goes up in flames to set (something) on fireit is not a good idea to try to burn old papers in the sink enkindles, fires, ignites, inflames(also enflames), kindles, lights, torches immolatesdeflagrateschars, frizzles, scorchesbakes, broils, cooksashes, cremates, incinerates, kilnssets offbrightens, illuminates, illumines, irradiates, lightens, radiatesscalds, scathes, searsreignites, rekindles, relightsbanks, stokes douses(also dowses), extinguishes, puts out, quenches, snuffs (out) chokes, smothers, suffocatesstamps (out)blackens, darkens, dims, dulls, obscures to be excited or emotionally stirred up with angerhe came home burning with anger because of a reprimand at work boils, foams, fumes, rages, rankles, seethes, sizzles, steams, storms fulminates, rants, ravessmolders(or smoulders)bristles, flares (up), inflames(also enflames)chafes, frets, stewsagitates, convulses, roils, shakes sees red to shine with a bright harsh lightthe bright streetlight outside our motel room burned all night long beats, blazes, flames, flares, glares beams, glows, radiatesflashes, glances, gleams, glimmers, glints, glistens, glisters, glitters, scintillates, shimmers, sparkles, twinklesbedazzles, blinds, dazes, dazzles to cause to believe what is untruehe's been burned before, so he's careful to double-check such claims now bamboozles, beguiles, bluffs, buffaloes, catches, cons, cozens, deceives, deludes, dupes, fakes out, fools, gaffs, gammons, gulls, has, has on(chiefly British), hoaxes, hoodwinks, hornswoggles, humbugs, juggles, misguides, misinforms, misleads, snookers, snows, spoofs, strings along, suckers, sucks in, takes in, tricks kids, puts on, teasesbleeds, cheats, chisels, defrauds, diddles, euchres, fleeces, flimflams, gyps, hustles, mulcts, rooks, shortchanges, skins, squeezes, sticks, stings, swindles does a number on, leads one down the garden path(also leads one up the garden path), pulls one's leg, pulls the wool over one's eyes undeceives debunks, exposes, reveals, shows up, uncloaks, uncovers, unmasksdiscloses, divulges, tells, unveilsdisabuses, disenchants, disillusions to make complete use ofheedlessly burning the country's resources without any concern for future generations absorbs, consumes, depletes, devours, drains, draws down, exhausts, expends, plays out, spends, uses up abates, decreases, de-escalates, diminishes, downsizes, dwindles, lessens, lowers, reduceseats, usesbankrupts, cleans (out), impoverishescripples, debilitates, disables, enfeebles, saps, undermines, weakensdries up, emptiesblows, dissipates, fritters (away), guzzles, lavishes, misspends, runs through, squanders, throws away, wastes runs out of renews, replaces augments, enlarges, increasesbolsters, enforces, fortifies, reinforces(also reenforces), strengthensrebuilds, repairs, restores, revivesconserves, preserves, saves |