burn
A physical injury caused by heat, cold, electricity, radiation or caustic chemicals.
Example
“She had second-degree burns from falling in the bonfire.”
Other meanings
A sensation resembling such an injury.
“chili burn from eating hot peppers”
The act of burning something with fire.
“They’re doing a controlled burn of the fields.”
Example sentences
Word history
From Old English "beornan".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “burn” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.