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Ways Of Burning
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- 1burn: be on fire. Help! My house is burning!burn: be on fire.
Help! My house is burning! - 2catch fire: start burning. Help! My house has caught fire!catch fire: start burning.
Help! My house has caught fire! - 3flicker: burn unsteadily. The candle flickered in the wind.flicker: burn unsteadily.
The candle flickered in the wind. - 4smoulder: burn slowly without flames. The cigarette smouldered in the ashtray.smoulder: burn slowly without flames.
The cigarette smouldered in the ashtray. - 5flare: burn brightly but unsteadily or briefly. The match flared in the darkness.flare: burn brightly but unsteadily or briefly.
The match flared in the darkness. - 6flame: burn in flames. The fire flamed up when he put oil on it.flame: burn in flames.
The fire flamed up when he put oil on it. - 7burst into flames: suddenly start to burn very strongly. The oil truck crashed and burst into flames.burst into flames: suddenly start to burn very strongly.
The oil truck crashed and burst into flames. - 8blaze: burn brightly and fiercely. When the firemen arrived, the whole house was blazing.blaze: burn brightly and fiercely.
When the firemen arrived, the whole house was blazing. - 9rage: burn very strongly. The fire raged through the forest for days.rage: burn very strongly.
The fire raged through the forest for days. - 10incinerate: burn something completely to ashes. All the infected clothes were incinerated.incinerate: burn something completely to ashes.
All the infected clothes were incinerated. - 11smoke: give out smoke. The fireplace smokes too much.smoke: give out smoke.
The fireplace smokes too much. - 12brand: burn a mark on something. Cattle are usually brandred on big farms.brand: burn a mark on something.
Cattle are usually brandred on big farms. - 13scorch: burn or discolour a surface by dry heat. She scorched my shirt when she was ironing it.scorch: burn or discolour a surface by dry heat.
She scorched my shirt when she was ironing it. - 14sear: burn something with a sudden powerful heat. The heat seared his skin.sear: burn something with a sudden powerful heat.
The heat seared his skin. - 15singe: burn the surface of something slightly. The flames had singed his hair.singe: burn the surface of something slightly.
The flames had singed his hair. - 16char: burn something so that its outside becomes black. Roast the peppers until the skin begins to char.char: burn something so that its outside becomes black.
Roast the peppers until the skin begins to char. - 17cremate: burn the body of a dead person at a funeral ceremony. Before a dead person is cremated, an authorization must be obtained.cremate: burn the body of a dead person at a funeral ceremony.
Before a dead person is cremated, an authorization must be obtained.