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: Make space in your life for the things that matter, for family and friends, love and generosity, fun and joy. Without this, you will burn out in mid-career and wonder where your life went.
Fire
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To set (something) on fire.To heat without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc.To drive away by setting a fire.To terminate the employment contract of an employee, usually because of the misconduct or poor performance of the employee (as opposed to "make redundant" or "lay off", where the employee's actions are not the reason for the termination); to expel one from their job.To shoot (a device that launches a projectile or a pulse of stream of something).To shoot a gun, a cannon or a similar weapon.To cause an action potential in a cell.To forcibly direct.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A (usually self-sustaining) chemical reaction involving the bonding of oxygen with carbon or other fuel, with the production of heat and the presence of flame or smouldering.Something that has produced or is capable of producing this chemical reaction, such as a campfire.The, often accidental, occurrence of fire in a certain place leading to its full or partial destruction.One of the four basic elements.One of the five basic elements (see Wikipedia article on the Classical elements).A heater or stove used in place of a real fire (such as an electric fire).The elements necessary to start a fire.The in-flight bullets or other projectiles shot from a gun.
Example sentence: Love is like a friendship caught on fire. In the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals, deep-burning and unquenchable.