Question 1 · Quick check
burn
CEFRA2
/bɜːn/
verb · noun
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In plain English
- 01
verb
To damage or destroy something with fire or heat.
- 02
noun
An injury caused by fire, heat, or chemicals.
Examples
Looks like I might have to burn the midnight oil tonight.
I got blisters from the burn.
At a glance
Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 2
- Citations
- 5
- Synonyms
- 5
Deep Dive
verb
Extra meaningsA sensation resembling such an injury.
The act of burning something with fire.
noun
Extra meaningA physical injury caused by heat, cold, electricity, radiation or caustic chemicals.
More examples
In contextPlastic does not burn easily.
He burnt his hand in the fire.
She had second-degree burns from falling in the bonfire.
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Origin
verb
From Late Middle English burne, birne, which arose via the metathesis of brinne, brynne, a variant of brennen. The East Midland forms were heavily influenced by Old Norse brinna, brenna (“to burn”), from Proto-Germanic *brinnaną (“to burn”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrenw-, present stem from *bʰrewh₁-. Doublet of brew. The late metathesis of East Midland brin- to birn- (and subsequently burn-) parallels the phonological development of bird and dirt from brid and drit. As this metathesized form became the Chancery Standard, it completely displaced the semantic functions and weak conjugation paradigm of the native Old English bærnan (weak), alongside the surviving remnants of byrnan (strong...