Thesaurus: burning

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1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Burn
2. a. That burns; being on fire; excessively hot; fiery.
3. a. Consuming; intense; inflaming; exciting; vehement; powerful; as, burning zeal.
4. n. The act of consuming by fire or heat, or of subjecting to the effect of fire or heat; the state of being on fire or excessively heated.
5. adj. of immediate import
6. n. the act of burning something
7. n. pain that feels hot as if it were on fire
8. n. a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light
9. n. execution by electricity
10. n. execution by fire
11. n. a form of torture in which cigarettes or cigars or other hot implements are used to burn the victim's skin
12. 1. That burns; being on fire; excessively hot; fiery. 2. Consuming; intense; inflaming; exciting; vehement; powerful; as, burning zeal. Like a young hound upon a burning scent. Dryden. Burning bush (Bot.), an ornamental shrub (Euonymus atropurpureus), bearing a crimson berry. The act of consuming by fire or heat, or of subjecting to the effect of fire or heat; the state of being on fire or excessively heated. Burning fluid, any volatile illuminating oil, as the lighter petroleums (naphtha, benzine), or oil of turpentine (camphine), but esp. a mixture of the latter with alcohol. -- Burning glass, a conxex lens of considerable size, used for producing an intense heat by converging the sun's rays to a focus. -- Burning house (Metal.), the furnace in which tin ores are calcined, to sublime the sulphur and arsenic from the pyrites. Weale. -- Burning mirror, a concave mirror, or a combination of plane mirrors, used for the same purpose as a burning glass. Syn. -- Combustion; fire; conflagration; flame; blaze.