burn

v

1. be on fire, flame, flare, blaze, deflagrate; smolder, smoke, go up in smoke; glow, radiate, phosphoresce, shine; flash, glare, beam; flicker, shimmer, twinkle, sparkle, spark.

2. set on fire, fire, ignite, light, Inf. put the match to; illuminate, kindle, enkindle, conflagrate, inflame; incinerate, reduce to ashes, cremate.

3. tingle, warm, glow, thrill, excite; arouse, inflame, animate, quicken; stir, stimulate.

4. swelter, perspire, sweat; be dying of the heat, be dripping wet.

5. hurt, sting, smart, throb, ache; injure, wound, pain, anguish, torment, grieve, sorrow; anger, annoy, irritate, vex.

6. desire, yearn, wish, long; crave, hunger, thirst, lust after, Sl. have the hots for, Sl. letch after.

7. consume, expend, use up, eat up, drain, exhaust; squander, run through, misspend, fritter away.

8. overcook, char, toast; sear, singe.

9. tan, suntan, sunburn, bronze, brown; redden, discolor.