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Burn Fire Burnt Burned Burning I Sth Yanmak

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Kind verb
Front burn 
IPA  /bɜːn   / verb (past tense, past participle burnt /bɜːnt   /; or burned /bɜːnd   /)
Back yanmak
yakmak
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burn (verb)

 /bɜːn   / verb (past tense, past participle burnt /bɜːnt   /; or burned /bɜːnd   /)
 
 1 [intransitive]
to be on fire
yanmak
 Firemen raced to the burning building.
 note at ALIGHT1
 2 [transitive]
to destroy, damage or injure sb/sth with fire or heat
yakmak
 We took all the rubbish outside and burned it.
 It was a terrible fire and the whole building was burnt to the ground.
 The water was so hot that I burned my hands.
 If you get too close to the fire,you'll burn yourself.
 The people inside the building couldn't get out and they were all burnt to death.
 3 [intransitive]
to be destroyed, damaged or injured by fire or heat
 (sıcaktan veya ateşten) zarar görmek, yanmak
 If you leave the cake in the oven for much longer, it will burn.
 I can't spend too much time in the sun because I burn easily.
 They were trapped by the flames and they burned to death.
 4 [transitive]
to produce a hole or mark in or on sth by burning
 (delik vb.) yakmak
 He dropped his cigarette and it burned a hole in the carpet.
 5 [transitive]
to use sth as fuel
yakıt olarak kullanmak
 an oil-burning lamp
 6 [intransitive]
to feel very hot and painful
 (ateşli hastalıkta) yanmak;
acı çekmek
 You have a temperature – your forehead's burning.
 7 [intransitive]
to produce light
ışık vermek, yanmak
 I don't think he went to bed at all – I could see his light burning all night.
 8 [transitive]
to put information onto a CD, etc.
 (CD) yazmak
 9 [intransitive]
 burn (with sth)
to be filled with a very strong feeling
yanıp tutuşmak
 She was burning with indignation.
IDIOM
sb's ears are burning
used when a person thinks that other people are talking about them, especially in an unkind way
kulakları çınlamak
PHRASAL VERBS
burn down
(used about a building) to be completely destroyed by fire
 (bina) yanıp kül olmak
 The fire could not be brought under control and the school burned down.
burn sth down
to completely destroy a building by fire
 (bina) yakıp kül etmek
 The house was burnt down in a fire some years ago.
burn (sth) off
to remove sth or to be removed by burning
yakıp yok etmek;
yanıp yok olmak
 Some of his hair was burnt off in the fire.
burn sth out
 [usually passive]
to completely destroy sth by burning
yakıp kül etmek
 the burnt-out wreck of a car
burn (yourself) out
to work, etc., until you have no more energy or strength and feel extremely tired
kendini paralamak
 I've been studying so hard recently I feel completely burned out.
burn (sth) up
to destroy or to be destroyed by fire or strong heat
yanıp kül olmak;
yakıp kül etmek
 The space capsule burnt up on its re-entry into the earth's atmosphere.
 When all the rubbish had been burnt up I put out the fire.
 

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