Thesaurus: burnt

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1. of Burn
2. p. p. & a. Consumed with, or as with, fire; scorched or dried, as with fire or heat; baked or hardened in the fire or the sun.
3. adj. ruined by overcooking
4. adj. treated by heating to a high temperature but below the melting or fusing point
5. adj. destroyed or badly damaged by fire
6. Consumed with, or as with, fire; scorched or dried, as with fire or heat; baked or hardened in the fire or the sun. Burnt ear, a black, powdery fungus which destroys grain. See Smut. -- Burnt offering, something offered and burnt on an altar, as an atonement for sin; a sacrifice. The offerings of the Jews were a clean animal, as an ox, a calf, a goat, or a sheep; or some vegetable substance, as bread, or ears of wheat or barley. Called also burnt sacrifice. [2 Sam. xxiv. 22.]
7. Consumed with, or as with, fire; scorched or dried, as withfire or heat; baked or hardened in the fire or the sun. Burnt ear, ablack, powdery fungus which destroys grain. See Smut.-- Burnt offering, something offered and burnt on an altar, as anatonement for sin; a sacrifice. The offerings of the Jews were aclean animal, as an ox, a calf, a goat, or a sheep; or some vegetablesubstance, as bread, or ears of wheat or barley. Called also burntsacrifice. [2 Sam. xxiv. 22.]
8. j:100 v destroy by fire v shine intensely, as if with heat v undergo combustion v cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort v cause to burn or combust v feel strong emotion, especially anger or passion v cause to undergo combustion v burn at the stake v spend (significant amounts of money) v feel hot or painful v burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent v get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun v create by duplicating data v use up (energy) v burn with heat, fire, or radiation s ruined by overcooking s treated by heating to a high temperature but below the melting or fusing point s destroyed or badly damaged by fire