burning
Pronunciation Verb
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Pronunciation Verb
- present participle of burn#English|burn
burning
- So hot as to seem to burn (something).
- the burning sun
- Feeling very hot.
- burning skin
- Feeling great passion.
- her burning heart
- Consuming; intense; inflaming; exciting; vehement; powerful.
- burning zeal
- like a young hound upon a burning scent
- Being keenly discussed.
- a burning question; a burning issue
burning (plural burnings)
- The act by which something burns or is burned.
- 1850, The Edinburgh Review, Or Critical Journal (volume 91, page 93)
- 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 such burnings and wreckings as those of Maghera, Maghery, and Annahagh.
- 1850, The Edinburgh Review, Or Critical Journal (volume 91, page 93)
- A fire.
- The burnings continued all day.
- French: brûlage
- German: Verbrennung
- Portuguese: queima
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