Burn vs. Singe

Burnnoun

A physical injury caused by heat, cold, electricity, radiation or caustic chemicals.

Burnnoun

A sensation resembling such an injury.

Burnnoun

The act of burning something with fire.

Burnnoun

(slang) An intense non-physical sting, as left by shame or an effective insult.

Burnnoun

(slang) An effective insult, often in the expression sick burn excellent or badass insult.

Burnnoun

Physical sensation in the muscles following strenuous exercise, caused by build-up of lactic acid.

Burnnoun

Tobacco.

Burnnoun

(computing) The writing of data to a permanent storage medium like a compact disc or a ROM chip.

Burnnoun

The operation or result of burning or baking, as in brickmaking.

Burnnoun

A disease in vegetables; brand.

Burnnoun

A stream.

Burnverb

(transitive) To cause to be consumed by fire.

Burnverb

(intransitive) To be consumed by fire, or in flames.

Burnverb

(transitive) To overheat so as to make unusable.

Burnverb

(intransitive) To become overheated to the point of being unusable.

Burnverb

(transitive) To make or produce by the application of fire or burning heat.

Burnverb

(transitive) To injure (a person or animal) with heat or chemicals that produce similar damage.

Burnverb

To cauterize.

Burnverb

(ambitransitive) To sunburn.

Burnverb

(transitive) To consume, injure, or change the condition of, as if by action of fire or heat; to affect as fire or heat does.

Burnverb

(intransitive) To be hot, e.g. due to embarrassment.

Burnverb

To cause to combine with oxygen or other active agent, with evolution of heat; to consume; to oxidize.

Burnverb

To combine energetically, with evolution of heat.

Burnverb

To write data to a permanent storage medium like a compact disc or a ROM chip.

Burnverb

To betray.

Burnverb

To insult or defeat.

Burnverb

(transitive) To waste (time); to waste money or other resources.

Burnverb

In certain games, to approach near to a concealed object which is sought.

Burnverb

To accidentally touch a moving stone.

Burnverb

In pontoon, to swap a pair of cards for another pair, or to deal a dead card.

Burnverb

(photography) To increase the exposure for certain areas of a print in order to make them lighter (compare dodge).

Burnverb

To be converted to another element in a nuclear fusion reaction, especially in a star

Burnverb

To discard.

Burnverb

To shoot someone with a firearm.

Burnverb

To consume with fire; to reduce to ashes by the action of heat or fire; - frequently intensified by up: as, to burn up wood.

Burnverb

To injure by fire or heat; to change destructively some property or properties of, by undue exposure to fire or heat; to scorch; to scald; to blister; to singe; to char; to sear; as, to burn steel in forging; to burn one's face in the sun; the sun burns the grass.

Burnverb

To perfect or improve by fire or heat; to submit to the action of fire or heat for some economic purpose; to destroy or change some property or properties of, by exposure to fire or heat in due degree for obtaining a desired residuum, product, or effect; to bake; as, to burn clay in making bricks or pottery; to burn wood so as to produce charcoal; to burn limestone for the lime.

Burnverb

To make or produce, as an effect or result, by the application of fire or heat; as, to burn a hole; to burn charcoal; to burn letters into a block.

Burnverb

To consume, injure, or change the condition of, as if by action of fire or heat; to affect as fire or heat does; as, to burn the mouth with pepper.

Burnverb

To apply a cautery to; to cauterize.

Burnverb

To cause to combine with oxygen or other active agent, with evolution of heat; to consume; to oxidize; as, a man burns a certain amount of carbon at each respiration; to burn iron in oxygen.

Burnverb

To be of fire; to flame.

Burnverb

To suffer from, or be scorched by, an excess of heat.

Burnverb

To have a condition, quality, appearance, sensation, or emotion, as if on fire or excessively heated; to act or rage with destructive violence; to be in a state of lively emotion or strong desire; as, the face burns; to burn with fever.

Burnverb

To combine energetically, with evolution of heat; as, copper burns in chlorine.

Burnverb

In certain games, to approach near to a concealed object which is sought.

Burnnoun

A hurt, injury, or effect caused by fire or excessive or intense heat.

Burnnoun

The operation or result of burning or baking, as in brickmaking; as, they have a good burn.

Burnnoun

A disease in vegetables. See Brand, n., 6.

Burnnoun

A small stream.

Burnnoun

pain that feels hot as if it were on fire

Burnnoun

a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun

Burnnoun

an injury cause by exposure to heat or chemicals or radiation

Burnnoun

a burned place or area

Burnnoun

damage inflicted by burning

Burnverb

destroy by fire;

Burnverb

shine intensely, as if with heat;

Burnverb

undergo combustion;

Burnverb

cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort;

Burnverb

cause to burn or combust;

Burnverb

feel strong emotion, especially anger or passion;

Burnverb

cause to undergo combustion;

Burnverb

burn at the stake;

Burnverb

spend (significant amounts of money);

Burnverb

feel hot or painful;

Burnverb

burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent;

Burnverb

get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun

Burnverb

create by duplicating data;

Burnverb

use up (energy);

Burnverb

burn with heat, fire, or radiation;

Burn

A burn is a type of injury to skin, or other tissues, caused by heat, cold, electricity, chemicals, friction, or ultraviolet radiation (like sunburn). Most burns are due to heat from hot liquids (called scalding), solids, or fire.

Singeverb

(transitive) To burn slightly.

Singeverb

(transitive) To remove the nap of (cloth), by passing it rapidly over a red-hot bar, or over a flame, preliminary to dyeing it.

Singeverb

(transitive) To remove the hair or down from (a plucked chicken, etc.) by passing it over a flame.

Singenoun

A burning of the surface; a slight burn.

Singeverb

To burn slightly or superficially; to burn the surface of; to burn the ends or outside of; as, to singe the hair or the skin.

Singeverb

To remove the nap of (cloth), by passing it rapidly over a red-hot bar, or over a flame, preliminary to dyeing it.

Singenoun

A burning of the surface; a slight burn.

Singenoun

a surface burn

Singeverb

burn superficially or lightly;

Singeverb

become superficially burned;

Singe

A singe is a slight scorching, burn or treatment with flame. This may be due to an accident, such as scorching one's hair when lighting a gas fire, or a deliberate method of treatment or removal of hair or other fibres.