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verbranden — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • burn noun An injury to skin or tissue caused by heat, fire, chemicals, or radiation.
  • incinerate verb To destroy something completely by burning.
  • sunburn noun Red, sore skin caused by too much time in the sun.

Senses

verbranden is used for these senses in English:

  • burn (transitive) To cause to be consumed by fire.
  • burn (transitive) To overheat so as to make unusable.
  • burn (intransitive) To become overheated to the point of being unusable.
  • burn (chemistry, transitive) To cause to combine with oxygen or other active agent, with evolution of heat; to consume; to oxidize.
  • incinerate (transitive) To destroy by burning.
  • sunburn (transitive) To burn or tan (someone's skin) by the sun; to allow (a part of one's body) to become sunburnt.

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.

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