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burn mark |
burn off |
burn out |
burn plant |
burn the midnight oil |
burn up
| burn-up
| burnability
| burnable
| burned
| burned-out
burn up
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb burn up has 3 senses
- burn up(v = verb.weather) blaze up, flame up, flare - burn brightly; "Every star seemed to flare with new intensity" is one way to burn, combust
- burn up(v = verb.consumption) burn, burn off - use up (energy); "burn off calories through vigorous exercise" is one way to consume, deplete, eat, eat up, exhaust, run through, use up, wipe out
- burn up(v = verb.change) burn down, go up - burn completely; be consumed or destroyed by fire; "The hut burned down"; "The mountain of paper went up in flames" is one way to burn, combust
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THESAURUS
burn up
ablate, absorb, aggravate, anger, annoy, assimilate, badger, bait, be at, bedevil, beset, bleed white, bother, bristle, brown off, bug, bullyrag, burn down, chivy, consume, cremate, deplete, devil, digest, discompose, distemper, disturb, dog, drain, drain of resources, eat, eat up, erode, exasperate, exercise, exhaust, expend, fash, finish, finish off, gall, get, gobble, gobble up, grate, gripe, harass, harry, heckle, hector, hound, impoverish, incendiarize, incinerate, inflame, ingest, irk, make angry, make mad, make sore, miff, molest, nag, needle, nettle, nudzh, peeve, persecute, pester, pick on, pique, plague, pluck the beard, pother, provoke, reduce to ashes, ride, rile, roil, ruffle, spend, squander, suck dry, swallow, swallow up, tease, tick off, torment, try the patience, tweak the nose, use up, vex, waste away, wear away, worry
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