Burns

Speech parts

1. Burns - Noun

2. Burns - Proper noun

Meaning

celebrated Scottish poet (1759-1796)

United States comedian and film actor (1896-1996)

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

light fire char burning Crosby glow ignite sting blaze sunburn incinerate scorch suntan fries combust
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Antonyms

creeps moves drags edges inches pushes
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Phrases with the word

fiddle while Rome burns the candle that burns twice as bright burns half as long burns rubber burns the candle at both ends fiddling while rome burns star-burns

Anagrams

NURBS

Examples

My candle burns at both ends; it will not last the night; but ah, my foes, and oh, my friends - it gives a lovely light! Edna St. Vincent Millay

A man must live like a great brilliant flame and burn as brightly as he can. In the end he burns out. But this is far better than a mean little flame. Boris Yeltsin

We all live in a house on fire, no fire department to call; no way out, just the upstairs window to look out of while the fire burns the house down with us trapped, locked in it. Tennessee Williams

One man's house burns so that another may warm himself. Hindi Proverb

An ember burns where it falls. Turkish Proverb

A little pepper burns a big man's mouth. Jamaican Proverb

Close letter words and terms

burnout burnover burnproof Burns night burns rubber Burns stanza