Burn

Morpheme

Burn

Type

free base

Denotation

be on fire, consume with fire, injure with fire, inflame, light

Etymology

Middle English bernen; Old English birnan

Evidence

aburn, afterburn, backburn, burnability, burnable, burned, burner, burning, burnlike, burnout, burnover, burns, burnt, burnup, cryoburn, freeburn, frostburn, heartburn, moorburn, mowburn, nonburn, outburn, postburn, preburn, rugburn, sunburn, unburnable, unburned, underburn, windburn