adj
(archaic) Burnt or having a scorched colour.
v
(transitive, figuratively) To cause to be hot.
n
A value used to predict the chance of mortality due to burns, based on the patient's age and the burned percentage of the surface of the body.
v
(transitive) To scorch about, around, or all over; scorch completely.
v
(transitive) To cook (meat or fish) by coating with pepper, etc., and quickly searing in a hot pan.
v
(transitive) To make white by removing the skin of, for example by scalding
v
(cooking, transitive) To sear after blaching.
adv
(obsolete) burningly; ardently
v
(transitive) To cause a rowdy disturbance; embroil.
n
The act or operation of giving a brown colour, as to gun barrels, cooked food, etc.
n
Physical sensation in the muscles following strenuous exercise, caused by build-up of lactic acid.
adj
Completely damaged by fire or heat.
n
A skin injury caused by friction with a carpet or similar surface.
v
(transitive) To cover with cinders.
adj
(obsolete) Full of ashes.
v
(obsolete, transitive) To sear; to dry up.
adj
(of burns) The least severe damage from a burn, typically involving only damage to the outer layer of skin.
n
A mild burn that causes redness of the skin but no blistering.
adj
(of burns) The most severe level of damage, typically involving major damage to muscles, tendons, and ligaments as well as the skin.
n
(informal) Erythema ab igne.
n
(slang) The prank of grabbing a victim's forearm in both hands and twisting the skin in opposite directions.
n
(archaic) Damage to hay caused by overheating while in storage.
v
(transitive) To burn the surface of, to scorch.
n
(humorous) A notional burn on the skin caused by excess exposure to heavy rain.
n
skin irritation caused by shaving improperly, or with a blunt razor
n
(colloquial) skin injury caused by abrasion with road surfaces
n
(countable) A painful burn or redness of skin, especially on knees, elbows, and hands, from repetitive friction against a rug or similar surface.
n
A burn, or injury to the skin or flesh, by hot liquid or steam.
n
(obsolete) Destructive flames; a conflagration.
n
Obsolete spelling of sear [A scar produced by searing]
n
A slight or surface burn.
n
(literally) One who, or that which, scorches.
adj
Torrid; passionate; scorching.
v
(transitive) To char, scorch, or burn the surface of (something) with a hot instrument.
adj
(of burns) An level of moderate damage, typically involving painful blistering of the skin.
n
a burn, more severe than a first-degree burn, that blisters the skin
v
(transitive) To burn slightly.
n
(countable, informal) The process of being cooked which involves that sound.
v
(intransitive, figuratively) To show signs of repressed anger or suppressed mental turmoil or other strong emotion, such as passion.
n
Alternative form of smoulderer [(informal) A handsome, darkly passionate person.]
n
Smoldering; slow combustion.
v
(transitive) To smother; to suffocate; to choke.
n
Alternative form of scalding [An instance of scalding: a burn.]
n
A burn on the tissue of crop plants or their fruits (especially if they are rich in water like tomatoes, grapes, apples, gooseberries) caused by excess exposure to the sun's rays.
v
(intransitive) To suffer such damage.
adj
(of burns) An extremely severe level of damage, typically involving major scarring and damage to subcutaneous tissue as well as the epidermis.
adj
Having undergone torrefaction; dried or roasted.
n
An act of burning, especially roasting.
v
To blister; to raise blisters on.
n
A tool used in prehospital and emergency medicine to estimate the total body surface area affected by a burn, assigning percentages (mostly 9%) to various major body parts.
adj
Of plants: dried or damaged by the wind.
adj
(rare) Affected by windburn.
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