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burning

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1. burning - Noun

2. burning - Adjective

3. burning - Verb

5. burning - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

of Burn

That burns; being on fire; excessively hot; fiery.

Consuming; intense; inflaming; exciting; vehement; powerful; as, burning zeal.

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash. Leonard Cohen

Hating people is like burning down your own house to get rid of a rat. Harry Emerson Fosdick

There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them. Joseph Brodsky

The death of an elderly man is like a burning library. Ivorian Proverb

A thief's hat is burning. Russian Proverb

Burning the candle at both ends. English Proverb

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