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
- noun A large, fast-burning fire.
- verb To burn brightly, or to shine with intense light.
- 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
- noun An injury to skin or tissue caused by heat, fire, chemicals, or radiation.
- noun A sharp, cutting insult, especially one delivered wittily.
- verb To be damaged, destroyed, or consumed by fire.
- verb To injure with heat, fire, or a caustic substance.
- verb To copy data onto a CD, DVD, or similar disc.