Bysurface analysis,burn +-ing.
burning
- presentparticiple andgerund ofburn
burning (comparativemoreburning,superlativemostburning)
- Sohot as to seem toburn (something).
- Synonyms:ardent,live
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.
- Feeling veryhot.
burning skin
- Feeling greatpassion.
herburning heart
- Consuming;intense;inflaming;exciting;vehement;powerful.
burning zeal
aburning passion
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.
2014 September 19, Andrew Gumbel, “California's burning up: firefighters rush to the scene as major wildfires scorch the state”, inThe Guardian[2]:A firefighter puts water on aburning tree as flames approach a containment line, while fighting the King fire near Fresh Pond, California.
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.
2019 April 12, Paul P. Murphy and Samira Said, “Louisiana arson suspect expressed disgust with Baptist churches on Facebook”, inCNN[3]:The suspect is the 21-year-old son of a St. Landry Parish sheriff’s deputy and may have been influenced by “black metal” music and its “associated history with churchburnings,” the state fire marshal’s office said.
- 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
