"underburn" meaning in All languages combined

See underburn on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-underburn.wav Forms: underburns [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English underbrennen (“to set on fire, burn up”), equivalent to under- + burn. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|underbrennen||to set on fire, burn up}} Middle English underbrennen (“to set on fire, burn up”), {{prefix|en|under|burn}} under- + burn Head templates: {{en-noun}} underburn (plural underburns)
  1. The deliberate burning of surface fuel so as to leave the tree canopy intact.
    Sense id: en-underburn-en-noun-UM9o06Rr
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Fire Disambiguation of Fire: 0 0 0

Verb [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-underburn.wav Forms: underburns [present, singular, third-person], underburning [participle, present], underburned [participle, past], underburned [past], underburnt [participle, past], underburnt [past]
Etymology: From Middle English underbrennen (“to set on fire, burn up”), equivalent to under- + burn. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|underbrennen||to set on fire, burn up}} Middle English underbrennen (“to set on fire, burn up”), {{prefix|en|under|burn}} under- + burn Head templates: {{en-verb|past2=underburnt}} underburn (third-person singular simple present underburns, present participle underburning, simple past and past participle underburned or underburnt)
  1. (transitive, obsolete) To burn up. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-underburn-en-verb-5vNiBW87 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with under-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Firefighting Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 55 42 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with under-: 22 60 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 54 43 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 54 43 Disambiguation of Firefighting: 11 63 26
  2. (transitive) To burn too little. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-underburn-en-verb-ERrjYBvB
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Fire Disambiguation of Fire: 0 0 0

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