Bysurface analysis,burn +-ing.
burning
- presentparticiple andgerund ofburn
burning (comparativemoreburning,superlativemostburning)
- Sohot as to seem toburn (something).
theburning sun
1892,James Yoxall, chapter 5, inThe Lonely Pyramid:The desert storm was riding in its strength; the travellers lay beneath the mastery of the fell simoom. Whirling wreaths and columns ofburning wind, rushed around and over them.
1983 June 27,Sara Dallin,Siobhan Fahey,Keren Woodward,Steve Jolley, Tony Swain, “Cruel Summer”, inBananarama[1], performed byBananarama:Hot summer streets and the pavements areburning, I sit around / Trying to smile, but the air is so heavy and dry
- Feeling veryhot.
burning skin
- Feeling greatpassion.
herburning heart
- Consuming;intense;inflaming;exciting;vehement;powerful.
burning zeal
1681,John Dryden,The Spanish Fryar: Or, the Double Discovery. […], London: […] Richard Tonson andJacob Tonson, […],→OCLC,(please specify the page number):like a young hound upon aburning scent
- Beingkeenlydiscussed.
aburning question; aburning issue
- On fire.
2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, inRAIL, number948:The driver remained at his post, while telling fireman Jim Nightall to get down on the track and run back to uncouple theburning wagon from the rest.
so hot as to seem to burn (something)
burning (pluralburnings)
- The act by which something burns or is burned.
1828, Timothy Flint,The Western Monthly Review, volume 1, page403:It gives a fine delineation of theburnings of shame, disappointed ambition, and vengeance[…]
1850,The Edinburgh Review, Or Critical Journal, volume91, page93:The propriety of the dissolution, too, was speedily seen in the improved state of the public peace: for twelve years we hear little of Orange riots, and nothing of suchburnings and wreckings as those of Maghera, Maghery, and Annahagh.
- Afire.
Theburnings continued all day.
- (cryptocurrencies) purposefully remove certain number of coins in circulation, by sending it to a public address where the private keys cannot be obtained (called burn address, eater address or black hole), usually should be available on the blockchain for anyone to review such a transaction. It’s a one-way address with no ability to reverse the transaction or withdraw the coins. For all practical purposes, the asset no longer exists (it has been “burned”). The act of burning effectively removes tokens from the available supply.
- A fiery pain.
act by which something burns or is burned
