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brûler — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • blaze noun A large, fast-burning fire.
  • burn noun An injury to skin or tissue caused by heat, fire, chemicals, or radiation.
  • scorch verb To burn the surface of something, discolouring or damaging it without destroying it completely.
  • sear verb To burn or scorch the surface of something with intense heat.

Senses

brûler is used for these senses in English:

  • blaze (intransitive) To be on fire, especially producing bright flames.
  • burn (transitive) To cause to be consumed by fire.
  • burn (intransitive) To become overheated to the point of being unusable.
  • 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.
  • sear (transitive) To char, scorch, or burn the surface of (something) with a hot instrument.

blaze — full definition

  1. noun A large, fast-burning fire.
  2. verb To burn brightly, or to shine with intense light.
  3. noun A white or light-coloured mark on a horse's face, or a mark cut into a tree's bark to show a trail.

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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