Dictionary Entry
burning
burning is a 7-letter English word with 11 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: of Burn. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 15 · 11 senses
Definitions
- 1present participle
of Burn
- 2adjective
That burns; being on fire; excessively hot; fiery.
- 3adjective
Consuming; intense; inflaming; exciting; vehement; powerful; as, burning zeal.
- 4noun
The act of consuming by fire or heat, or of subjecting to the effect of fire or heat; the state of being on fire or excessively heated.
- 5noun
the act of burning something
"the burning of leaves was prohibited by a town ordinance"
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- 6noun
a form of torture in which cigarettes or cigars or other hot implements are used to burn the victim's skin
- 7noun
execution by fire
- 8noun
execution by electricity
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- 9noun
a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light
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- 10noun
pain that feels hot as if it were on fire
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- 11adjective
of immediate import
"burning issues of the day"
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