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Meaning:

Noun:

  • A physical injury caused by heat or cold or electricity or radiation or caustic chemicals.
  • Physical sensation in the muscles following strenuous exercise, caused by build-up of lactic acid.
  • Northern England|Geordie A stream.
  • slang An intense non-physical sting, as left by an effective insult.
  • The act of burning something.

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Verb:

  • intransitive To be consumed by fire, or at least in flames.
  • curling To accidentally touch a moving stone.
  • intransitive To become overheated so as to make unusable.
  • intransitive To feel hot, e.g. due to embarrassment.
  • intransitive To sunburn.
  • cards In pontoon, to swap a pair of cards for another pair. Also to deal a dead card.
  • computing To write data to a permanent storage medium like a compact disc or a ROM chip.
  • ergative To cause to be consumed by fire.
  • ergative To overheat so as to make unusable.
  • slang To betray.
  • slang To insult or defeat.
  • transitive To injure (a person or animal) with heat or caustic chemicals.
  • transitive To waste (time).

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