Burn
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A physical injury caused by heat or cold or electricity or radiation or caustic chemicals. The act of burning something. Physical sensation in the muscles following strenuous exercise, caused by build-up of lactic acid. An intense non-physical sting, as left by an effective insult. A stream.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To be consumed by fire, or at least in flames. To become overheated so as to make unusable. To feel hot, e.g. due to embarrassment. To sunburn. To accidentally touch a moving stone. To cause to be consumed by fire. To overheat so as to make unusable. To injure (a person or animal) with heat or caustic chemicals. To betray. To write data to a permanent storage medium like a compact disc or a ROM chip. To waste (time). To insult or defeat. In pontoon, to swap a pair of cards for another pair. Also to deal a dead card.
Example sentence: Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.
Combust
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To burn; to catch fire.
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Near the sun, but not in cazimi.