About The Word Burning

Bay Area Crosswords

Learn about the word Burning to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Burning definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.

Burning

Burning Meaning & Definition
Burning Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Burning?

[n] the act of burning something; "the burning of leaves was prohibited by a town ordinance"
[n] execution by fire
[n] execution by electricity
[n] a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light
[n] pain that feels hot as if it were on fire
[adj] lighted up by or as by fire or flame; "forests set ablaze (or afire) by lightning"; "even the car's tires were aflame"; "a night aflare with fireworks"; "candles alight on the tables"; "blazing logs in the fireplace"; "a burning cigarette"; "a flaming crackling fire"; "houses on fire"
[adj] consuming fuel; used in combination; "coal-burning (or wood-burning) stoves"
[adj] producing or having a painfully hot sensation; "begged for water to soothe his burning throat"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Burning: ablaze(p) | afire(p) | aflame(p) | aflare(p) | alight(p) | blazing | burn | burning at the stake | combustion | combustion | electrocution | flaming | fueled | lighted | lit | on fire(p) | painful

Related Terms | Find terms related to Burning: abandoned | ablaze | acerb | acerbate | acerbic | acid | acidic | acidulent | acidulous | acrimonious | afire | aflame | aflicker | aglow | algetic | alight | angry | animal heat | approaching | approximate | approximating | ardent | arm-in-arm | baking | beaming | beamy | beheading | bitter | blazing | blistering | blood heat | blushing | body heat | boiling | boiling over | branding | breathless | bright | bright and sunny | bright-hued | brilliant | brisk | broiling | burn | burning hot | burning pain | burning with excitement | calcination | calefacient | calefactive | calefactory | calidity | caloric | candent | candescent | canicular | capital punishment | carbonization | caustic | cauterant | cauterization | cautery | chafed | chafing | cheek-by-jowl | choleric | cineration | clamant | clamorous | close | coal heat | colorful | colory | comburent | combustion | committed | concremation | conflagrant | convected heat | cordial | cracking | cremation | crucifixion | crying | cupellation | curried | decapitation | decollation | dedicated | deep-colored | defenestration | deflagration | delirious | destructive distillation | devoted | devout | dire | distillation | distilling | drunk | earnest | ebullient | electric heat | electrocution | embittered | emphatic | enthusiastic | estral | estrous | estrual | excited | exciting | execution | exigent | exotic | exuberant | faithful | febrile | fervent | fervid | festering | fever | fever heat | fevered | feverish | feverous | fiery | fire | flagrant | flaming | flaring | flashing | flashy | flickering | flushed | flushing | fulgurant | fulgurating | fuming | funeral pile | fusillade | galled | garrote | gas heat | gassing | gay | gay-colored | gleaming | gleamy | glinting | glowing | gorgeous | grilling | guttering | hand-in-hand | hanging | hearty | heat | heated | heatedness | heating | hectic | hemlock | het up | high-colored | high-seasoned | hot | hot as fire | hot as hell | hot as pepper | hot-air heat | hot-blooded | hotness | hyperpyretic | hyperthermic | hypothermia | ignescent | ignited | illuminant | impassioned | imperative | importunate | in a blaze | in a fever | in a glow | in earnest | in flames | in heat | in must | in rut | incalescence | incandescent | incineration | induction heat | inflamed | instant | intense | intent | intent on | intimate | intoxicated | irradiative | irritated | judicial murder | keen | kindled | lamping | lapidation | light as day | lighted | like a furnace | like an oven | live | lively | living | loyal | luciferous | lucific | luciform | luminant | luminative | luminiferous | luminificent | luminous | lustrous | meteoric | molecular heat | must | musty | near | near the mark | nearing | nearish | necktie party | nigh | nighish | nippy | oil heat | on fire | orient | overheated | overwarm | oxidation | oxidization | parching | passionate | peppery | perfervid | piping hot | poisoning | propinque | provoking | proximal | proximate | pyre | pyretic | pyrolysis | racy | radiant | radiant heat | raging | rancorous | rankled | rankling | raw | red | red-hot | reduction to ashes | reeking | refining | resentful | resenting | resolute | rich | rich-colored | roasting | rutilant | rutilous | rutting | ruttish | rutty | scalding | scintillant | scintillating | scorching | scorification | searing | seasoned | seething | self-immolation | sensitive | serious | sexually excited | shining | shiny | shooting | side-by-side | simmering | sincere | singeing | sizzling | sizzling hot | smart | smarting | smelting | smoking | smoking hot | smoldering | snappy | solar heat | sore | sparking | spiced | spicy | spirited | splenetic | starbright | starlike | starry | steam heat | steaming | steamy | stewing | stimulating | sting | stinging | stirring | stoning | strangling | strangulation | streaming | sudorific | suffused | sunny | sunshiny | superheat | superheatedness | suttee | sweating | sweaty | sweltering | sweltry | tangy | tender | the ax | the block | the chair | the gallows | the gas chamber | the guillotine | the hot seat | the rope | the stake | thermal radiation | thermogenesis | tingle | tingling | toasting | torrid | ultraviolet heat | unextinguished | unquenched | unrestrained | urgent | urtication | vehement | vesication | vicinal | vigorous | violent | virulent | vivid | warm | warming | warmness | warmth | white-hot | with a kick | withering | zealous | zestful | zesty | zippy

See Also | arson | auto-da-fe | capital punishment | change of integrity | death penalty | executing | execution | fire | fire-raising | firing | flame | flaming | hurting | ignition | incendiarism | incineration | inflammation | internal combustion | kindling | lighting | oxidation | oxidisation | oxidization | pain

Burning In Webster's Dictionary

\Burn"ing\, a. 1. That burns; being on fire; excessively hot; fiery. 2. Consuming; intense; inflaming; exciting; vehement; powerful; as, burning zeal. Like a young hound upon a burning scent. --Dryden. {Burning bush} (Bot.), an ornamental shrub ({Euonymus atropurpureus}), bearing a crimson berry.
\Burn"ing\, n. The act of consuming by fire or heat, or of subjecting to the effect of fire or heat; the state of being on fire or excessively heated. {Burning fluid}, any volatile illuminating oil, as the lighter petroleums (naphtha, benzine), or oil of turpentine (camphine), but esp. a mixture of the latter with alcohol. {Burning glass}, a convex lens of considerable size, used for producing an intense heat by converging the sun's rays to a focus. {Burning house} (Metal.), the furnace in which tin ores are calcined, to sublime the sulphur and arsenic from the pyrites. --Weale. {Burning mirror}, a concave mirror, or a combination of plane mirrors, used for the same purpose as a burning glass. Syn: Combustion; fire; conflagration; flame; blaze.

More Crossword Puzzle Words

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Cross Word Of The Day

  • Robed ‐ dressed or clothed especially in fine attire; often used in combination;…
  • Maxillary ‐ of or relating to the…
  • Sea chub ‐ schooling fishes mostly of Indian and western Pacific oceans;…
  • Harmonious ‐ existing together in harmony; "harmonious family relationships"…
  • Hospitably ‐ in a hospitable manner; "she was received hospitably by her new…
  • Supervisory program ‐ a program that controls the execution of…
  • Ouranopithecus ‐ a genus of…
  • Xerophyte ‐ plant adapted for life with a limited supply of water; compare…
  • Negatively ‐ in a negative way; "he was negatively inclined" [adv] in a harmful…
  • Loved ‐ held dear; "his loved companion of…