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burning

  • adjective
  • /ˈbɝnɪŋ/

So hot as to seem to burn (something).

Other meanings

  1. Feeling very hot.

  2. Feeling great passion.

Related words

  • red burning skin syndrome
  • burningly
  • burningness
  • nonburning
  • overburning
  • burning bush
  • burning feet syndrome
  • burning-glass
  • Burning Man
  • burning plasma
  • electroburning
  • burning hot

Example sentences

  • “Are the fires still burning?”

    Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “burning” 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.