"burn down" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: burns down [present, singular, third-person], burning down [participle, present], burned down [participle, past], burned down [past], burnt down [participle, past], burnt down [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*|past2=burnt down}} burn down (third-person singular simple present burns down, present participle burning down, simple past and past participle burned down or burnt down)
  1. (transitive) To cause (a structure) to burn to nothing. Tags: transitive Translations (cause a structure to burn to nothing): afbrand (Afrikaans), опожарявам (opožarjavam) (Bulgarian), 燒毀 (Chinese Mandarin), 烧毁 (shāohuǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 焚毀 (Chinese Mandarin), 焚毁 (fénhuǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), platbranden (Dutch), afbranden (Dutch), polttaa (Finnish), carboniser (French), carbonizar (Galician), abbrennen (German), niederbrennen (German), leéget (Hungarian), spalać [imperfective] (Polish), spalić [perfective] (Polish), carbonizar (Portuguese), сжечь дотла́ (sžečʹ dotlá) (Russian), ओषति (oṣati) (Sanskrit), incendiar (Spanish), arrasar (Spanish), elda upp (Swedish), bränna ner (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-burn_down-en-verb-yEC7sK7F Categories (other): English phrasal verbs with particle (down) Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (down): 46 54 Disambiguation of 'cause a structure to burn to nothing': 84 16
  2. (intransitive, of a structure) To burn completely, so that nothing remains. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Fire Derived forms: burndown [noun] Related terms: burn off, burn out, burn up Translations (completely burn so that nothing remains): 燒光 (Chinese Mandarin), 烧光 (shāoguāng) (Chinese Mandarin), 燒掉 (Chinese Mandarin), 烧掉 (shāodiào) (Chinese Mandarin), platbranden (Dutch), afbranden (Dutch), palaa poroksi (Finnish), palaa maan tasalle (Finnish), se carboniser (French), carbonizar [pronominal] (Galician), abbrennen (German), niederbrennen (German), leég (Hungarian), spalać [imperfective] (Polish), spalić [perfective] (Polish), сгоре́ть дотла́ (sgorétʹ dotlá) (Russian), incendiarse (Spanish), brinna ner (Swedish), brinna upp (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-burn_down-en-verb-ht-0Owlb Disambiguation of Fire: 38 62 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (down) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (down): 46 54 Disambiguation of 'completely burn so that nothing remains': 17 83

Inflected forms

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      "word": "abbrennen"
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      "sense": "cause a structure to burn to nothing",
      "word": "niederbrennen"
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      "roman": "sžečʹ dotlá",
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      "sense": "cause a structure to burn to nothing",
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      "word": "arrasar"
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      "sense": "cause a structure to burn to nothing",
      "word": "elda upp"
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      "sense": "completely burn so that nothing remains",
      "word": "燒掉"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "completely burn so that nothing remains",
      "word": "palaa maan tasalle"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "completely burn so that nothing remains",
      "word": "se carboniser"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "completely burn so that nothing remains",
      "tags": [
        "pronominal"
      ],
      "word": "carbonizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "completely burn so that nothing remains",
      "word": "abbrennen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "completely burn so that nothing remains",
      "word": "niederbrennen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "completely burn so that nothing remains",
      "word": "leég"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "completely burn so that nothing remains",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "spalać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "completely burn so that nothing remains",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "spalić"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sgorétʹ dotlá",
      "sense": "completely burn so that nothing remains",
      "word": "сгоре́ть дотла́"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "completely burn so that nothing remains",
      "word": "incendiarse"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "completely burn so that nothing remains",
      "word": "brinna ner"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "completely burn so that nothing remains",
      "word": "brinna upp"
    }
  ],
  "word": "burn down"
}

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