burnt Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb destroy by fire
    fire; burn; burn down.
    • They burned the house and his diaries
  2. verb shine intensely, as if with heat
    burn; glow.
    • The coals were glowing in the dark
    • The candles were burning
  3. verb undergo combustion
    combust; burn.
    • Maple wood burns well
  4. verb cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort
    bite; burn; sting.
    • The sun burned his face
  5. verb cause to burn or combust
    combust; burn.
    • The sun burned off the fog
    • We combust coal and other fossil fuels
  6. verb feel strong emotion, especially anger or passion
    burn.
    • She was burning with anger
    • He was burning to try out his new skies
  7. verb cause to undergo combustion
    incinerate; burn.
    • burn garbage
    • The car burns only Diesel oil
  8. verb burn at the stake
    burn.
    • Witches were burned in Salem
  9. verb spend (significant amounts of money)
    burn.
    • He has money to burn
  10. verb feel hot or painful
    burn.
    • My eyes are burning
  11. verb burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent
    cauterise; burn; cauterize.
    • The surgeon cauterized the wart
  12. verb get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun
    sunburn; burn.
  13. verb create by duplicating data
    cut; burn.
    • cut a disk
    • burn a CD
  14. verb use up (energy)
    burn off; burn; burn up.
    • burn off calories through vigorous exercise
  15. verb burn with heat, fire, or radiation
    burn.
    • The iron burnt a hole in my dress
  16. adjective satellite ruined by overcooking
    burned.
    • she served us underdone bacon and burnt biscuits
  17. adjective satellite treated by heating to a high temperature but below the melting or fusing point
    burned.
    • burnt sienna
  18. adjective satellite destroyed or badly damaged by fire
    burned-over; burned; burnt-out; burned-out.
    • a row of burned houses
    • a charred bit of burnt wood
    • a burned-over site in the forest
    • barricaded the street with burnt-out cars

WordNet


Burnt past participle & adjective
Definitions
  1. Consumed with, or as with, fire; scorched or dried, as with fire or heat; baked or hardened in the fire or the sun.

Webster 1913