se consumer — meaning in English

English meaning

• burn noun An injury to skin or tissue caused by heat, fire, chemicals, or radiation.
• smolder verb To burn slowly, giving off smoke but with little to no flame.

Senses

se consumer is used for these senses in English:

• 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.
• smolder (intransitive, now, US) To burn with no flame and little smoke.

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.

smolder — full definition

1. verb To burn slowly, giving off smoke but with little to no flame.
2. verb To show signs of repressed anger or suppressed mental turmoil or other strong emotion, such as passion.
3. verb To exist in a suppressed or hidden state.

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