burning : | |||||||||||||
the act of burning something; "the burning of leaves was prohibited by a town ordinance" execution by fire consuming fuel; used in combination; "coal-burning (or wood-burning) stoves" fueled producing or having a painfully hot sensation; "begged for water to soothe his burning throat" painful execution by electricity a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light pain that feels hot as if it were on fire lighted up by or as by fire or flame; "forests set ablaze (or afire) by lightning"; "even the car''s tires were aflame"; "a night aflare with fireworks"; "candles alight on the tables"; "blazing logs in the fireplace"; "a burning cigarette"; "a flaming cr lighted |
|||||||||||||
|