burning

1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Burn Source: opted

2. a. That burns; being on fire; excessively hot; fiery. Source: opted

3. a. Consuming; intense; inflaming; exciting; vehement; powerful; as, burning zeal. Source: opted

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. Source: opted

5. adj. of immediate import Source: wordnet

6. n. the act of burning something Source: wordnet

7. n. pain that feels hot as if it were on fire Source: wordnet

8. n. a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light Source: wordnet

9. n. execution by electricity Source: wordnet

10. n. execution by fire Source: wordnet

11. n. a form of torture in which cigarettes or cigars or other hot implements are used to burn the victim's skin Source: wordnet

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. Source: webster

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