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Grammar : Adj, verb
Spell : burn
Phonetic Transcription : bɜrn



Definition of burned up

Origin :
  • 12c., combination of Old Norse brenna "to burn, light," and two originally distinct Old English verbs: bærnan "to kindle" (transitive) and beornan "to be on fire" (intransitive), all from Proto-Germanic *brennan/*branajan (cf. Middle Dutch bernen, Dutch branden, Old High German brinnan, German brennen, Gothic -brannjan "to set on fire"). This perhaps is from PIE *gwher- "to heat, warm" (see warm (adj.)), or from PIE *bhre-n-u, from root *bhreue- "to boil forth, well up" (see brew (v.)). Related: Burned/burnt (see -ed); burning.
  • Figuratively (of passions, battle, etc.) in Old English. Meaning "cheat, swindle, victimize" is first attested 1650s. In late 18c, slang, burned meant "infected with venereal disease." To burn one's bridges (behind one) "behave so as to destroy any chance of returning to a status quo" (attested by 1892 in Mark Twain), perhaps ultimately is from reckless cavalry raids in the American Civil War. Slavic languages have historically used different and unrelated words for the transitive and intransitive senses of "set fire to"/"be on fire:" cf. Polish palić/gorzeć, Russian žeč'/gorel.
  • As in incensed : adj very angry
  • As in indignant : adj angry
  • As in burned : adj consumed
  • As in fit to be tied : adj extremely angry
  • As in gone : adj not present, no longer in existence
  • As in kindle : verb excite, incite
  • As in outrage : verb wrong, offend, abuse
  • As in scrutinize : verb examine closely
  • As in sear : verb dry, burn
  • As in storm : verb attack, rush
  • As in trouble : verb bother, worry
  • As in waste : verb spend or use without thought; dwindle
  • As in agitate : verb disturb, trouble someone
  • As in dissipate : verb expend, spend
  • As in distress : verb worry, upset
  • As in disturb : verb bother, upset
  • As in flare : verb erupt, blow
  • As in anger : verb make someone mad; become mad
  • As in annoy : verb irritate, upset
Example sentences :
  • With every movement we make, a portion of this fuel is burned up in our muscles.
  • Extract from : « Harper's Young People, June 15, 1880 » by Various
  • Happen most of it is burned up, though—but that's no fault of Robin's.
  • Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine
  • Then he relaid the fire, and, when he lighted it, it burned up quickly.
  • Extract from : « Chatterbox, 1905. » by Various
  • Do you know how the man came to be burned up in the calaboose?'
  • Extract from : « Life On The Mississippi, Complete » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
  • "Better be burned up, than butchered by the redskins," said he, at last.
  • Extract from : « Hope and Have » by Oliver Optic
  • The fish-house got afire, and burned up; and that was the last we saw of the gold.
  • Extract from : « Freaks of Fortune » by Oliver Optic
  • The files were burned up, the presses destroyed; the Cowboy was a memory.
  • Extract from : « Roosevelt in the Bad Lands » by H. Hagedorn.
  • He'd be dead anyway, as the ship plunged into the atmosphere and burned up.
  • Extract from : « Pushbutton War » by Joseph P. Martino
  • It wasn't until afterward that she learned they'd been burned up with the house.
  • Extract from : « Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp » by Annie Roe Carr
  • The flames, as they burned up, showed us the wild character of the place we were in.
  • Extract from : « Manco, the Peruvian Chief » by W.H.G. Kingston

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