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branden — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • burn noun An injury to skin or tissue caused by heat, fire, chemicals, or radiation.
  • distil verb To exude (a liquid) in small drops; also, to give off (a vapour) which condenses in small drops.
  • force noun Strength or power exerted to move, influence, or affect something.
  • nettle noun A plant covered in tiny stinging hairs that cause an itchy rash when touched.
  • roast verb To cook food, uncovered, with dry heat in an oven or over a fire, giving it a browned or crisped surface.

Senses

branden is used for these senses in English:

  • burn Physical sensation in the muscles following strenuous exercise, caused by build-up of lactic acid.
  • burn (transitive) To cause to be consumed by fire.
  • burn (transitive) To consume, damage, or change the condition of, as if by action of fire or heat; to affect as fire or heat does.
  • burn (intransitive) To be hot, e.g. due to embarrassment.
  • burn (chemistry, transitive) To cause to combine with oxygen or other active agent, with evolution of heat; to consume; to oxidize.
  • burn (transitive, computing) To write data to a permanent storage medium like a compact disc or a ROM chip.
  • force (transitive, baseball) To create an out by touching a base in advance of a runner who has no base to return to while in possession of a ball which has already touched the ground.
  • nettle (transitive) Of the nettle plant and similar physical causes, to sting, causing a rash in someone.

burn — full definition

  1. noun An injury to skin or tissue caused by heat, fire, chemicals, or radiation.
  2. noun A sharp, cutting insult, especially one delivered wittily.
  3. verb To be damaged, destroyed, or consumed by fire.
  4. verb To injure with heat, fire, or a caustic substance.
  5. verb To copy data onto a CD, DVD, or similar disc.

distil — full definition

  1. verb To exude (a liquid) in small drops; also, to give off (a vapour) which condenses in small drops.
  2. verb To impart (information, etc.) in small quantities; to infuse.
  3. verb To heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid, either to purify the original substance or to obtain one of its components; to subject to distillation.
  4. verb Followed by off or out: to expel (a volatile substance) from something by distillation.

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