BURN (2)

burn (2). Burn, n. a hurt or wound caused by fire

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Burn, v. i. 1. 1. To be of fire; to flame. “The mount burned with fire.” Deut. ix. 15.
2. 2. To suffer from, or be scorched by, an excess of heat.
Your meat doth burn, quoth I. Shak. 3. 3. To have a condition, quality, appearance, sensation, or emotion, as if on fire or excessively heated; to act or rage with destructive violence; to be in a state of lively emotion or strong desire; as, the face burns; to burn with fever.
Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way? Luke xxiv. 32. The barge she sat in, like a burnished throne, Burned on the water. Shak. Burning with high hope. Byron. The groan still deepens, and the combat burns. Pope. The parching air Burns frore, and cold performs the effect of fire. Milton. 4. 4. (Chem.) To combine energetically, with evolution of heat; as, copper burns in chlorine.
5. 5. In certain games, to approach near to a concealed object which is sought.
To burn out, to burn till the fuel is exhausted. — To burn up, To burn down, to be entirely consumed.