AFTERBURN | • afterburn n. The burning of further calories after the end of a period of vigorous exercise. • afterburn n. (Sociology) The practice of criticizing a person after they have left, or stopped contributing to the conversation. • AFTERBURN n. the burning of additional calories post-exercise. |
AUBURN | • auburn n. A dark reddish-brown colour, often used to describe hair colour. • auburn adj. Of a reddish-brown colour. • Auburn prop.n. A female given name. |
BACKBURN | • backburn n. A controlled burn, lit in the path of a wildfire, in order to deprive it of combustible material. • backburn v. To light a fire for this reason. • back-burn n. Alternative spelling of backburn. |
BURN | • burn n. A physical injury caused by heat, cold, electricity, radiation or caustic chemicals. • burn n. A sensation resembling such an injury. • burn n. The act of burning something with fire. |
HEARTBURN | • heartburn n. (Pathology) A burning pain in the chest that is caused by stomach acid entering the gullet. • heart-burn n. Alternative form of heartburn. • HEARTBURN n. a burning, acrid feeling in the throat or breast, severe indigestion, cardialgia. |
MOORBURN | • moorburn n. The controlled burning of moorland vegetation to encourage new growth (either heather or grassland)… • MOORBURN n. the seasonal burning of heather on moorland to promote new growth, also MUIRBURN. |
MOWBURN | • mowburn v. (Agriculture, obsolete, transitive) To stack (hay) before it is sufficiently dry, leading to excessive… • mowburn n. (Agriculture, obsolete) Damage caused to hay in this manner. • MOWBURN v. to heat and ferment. |
MUIRBURN | • MUIRBURN n. the seasonal burning of heather on moorland to promote new growth, also MOORBURN. |
OUTBURN | • outburn v. (Intransitive) To burn away; be consumed by fire. • outburn v. (Transitive) To exceed in burning; burn longer than. • OUTBURN v. to burn longer than. |
OVERBURN | • overburn v. (Transitive) To burn too much or for too long. • overburn v. (Transitive, computing) To record more than the usual available data capacity onto (an optical disc). • overburn v. (Intransitive, figurative) To be overzealous. |
POSTBURN | • postburn adj. After a burn. • POSTBURN adj. following a burn. |
SIDEBURN | • sideburn n. (Uncommon) singular of sideburns. • sideburn n. (UK, smoking) The unwanted rapid burning down one side of a cigarette that has been ineptly rolled. • SIDEBURN n. either of two strips of hair grown by a man down either side of the face. |
SUNBURN | • sunburn n. A burn on the skin caused by excess exposure to the sun’s rays. • sunburn n. A burn on the tissue of crop plants or their fruits (especially if they are rich in water like tomatoes… • sunburn v. (Intransitive) To receive a sunburn. |
WINDBURN | • windburn n. (Medicine) An irritation of the skin caused by exposure to the wind. • windburn n. Damage to a plant caused by cold and windy conditions that dry out the leaves. • WINDBURN v. to cause irritation to the skin by wind. |