"burn up" meaning in English

See burn up in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: burn ups [plural]
Etymology: From burn + up. Compare Middle English upbrennynge, upbrennende (“burning up”, present participle), German Low German upbrannen (“to burn up”). Etymology templates: {{compound|en|burn|up}} burn + up, {{cog|enm|upbrennynge}} Middle English upbrennynge, {{cog|nds-de|upbrannen|t=to burn up}} German Low German upbrannen (“to burn up”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} burn up (plural burn ups)
  1. Misspelling of burnup. Tags: alt-of, misspelling Alternative form of: burnup
    Sense id: en-burn_up-en-noun-tGMPJMnJ Categories (other): Ancient Greek links with redundant wikilinks, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of Ancient Greek links with redundant wikilinks: 13 13 20 3 11 11 9 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 16 16 20 3 7 7 11 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 17 8 22 4 7 7 9 25

Verb

Forms: burns up [present, singular, third-person], burning up [participle, present], burned up [participle, past], burned up [past], burnt up [participle, past], burnt up [past]
Etymology: From burn + up. Compare Middle English upbrennynge, upbrennende (“burning up”, present participle), German Low German upbrannen (“to burn up”). Etymology templates: {{compound|en|burn|up}} burn + up, {{cog|enm|upbrennynge}} Middle English upbrennynge, {{cog|nds-de|upbrannen|t=to burn up}} German Low German upbrannen (“to burn up”) Head templates: {{en-verb|*|past2=burnt up}} burn up (third-person singular simple present burns up, present participle burning up, simple past and past participle burned up or burnt up)
  1. (intransitive) To catch fire and burn until destroyed. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Fire Translations (catch fire and burn until destroyed): καταφλέγομαι (kataphlégomai) (Ancient Greek), kowlleski (Cornish), elég (Hungarian), popalić się [perfective] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-burn_up-en-verb-3N-PBEE~ Disambiguation of Fire: 8 44 25 1 2 3 2 14 Categories (other): Ancient Greek links with redundant wikilinks, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Old English translations Disambiguation of Ancient Greek links with redundant wikilinks: 13 13 20 3 11 11 9 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 16 16 20 3 7 7 11 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Old English translations: 10 13 13 3 19 21 4 18 Disambiguation of 'catch fire and burn until destroyed': 87 8 0 1 1 1 3
  2. (transitive) To destroy by burning. Tags: transitive Translations (destroy by burning): καταφλέγω (kataphlégō) (Ancient Greek), eléget (Hungarian), onǣlan (Old English), popalić [perfective] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-burn_up-en-verb-zaIWJV1S Categories (other): Ancient Greek links with redundant wikilinks, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Old English translations Disambiguation of Ancient Greek links with redundant wikilinks: 13 13 20 3 11 11 9 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 16 16 20 3 7 7 11 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 17 8 22 4 7 7 9 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Old English translations: 10 13 13 3 19 21 4 18 Disambiguation of 'destroy by burning': 10 82 0 2 2 1 4
  3. (transitive) To anger; to annoy. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-burn_up-en-verb-1D1klWI~
  4. (intransitive) To feel overly hot or inflamed. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-burn_up-en-verb-uY5ouqh- Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, Ancient Greek links with redundant wikilinks, Terms with Old English translations Disambiguation of Ancient Greek links with redundant wikilinks: 13 13 20 3 11 11 9 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Old English translations: 10 13 13 3 19 21 4 18
  5. (intransitive) To feel overly hot or inflamed.
    (intransitive, specifically) To experience a high fever.
    Tags: intransitive, specifically
    Sense id: en-burn_up-en-verb-wwndSpVW Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, Ancient Greek links with redundant wikilinks, Terms with Old English translations Disambiguation of Ancient Greek links with redundant wikilinks: 13 13 20 3 11 11 9 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Old English translations: 10 13 13 3 19 21 4 18
  6. (dated) To ride a motorcycle or other vehicle at high speed. Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-burn_up-en-verb-wriXCcPZ Categories (other): Terms with Ancient Greek translations Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 16 16 20 3 7 7 11 19
  7. (intransitive, bowling, of a ball) To use up too much energy when first bowled and to therefore not finishing strongly. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Bowling Synonyms: roll out, burn out
    Sense id: en-burn_up-en-verb-W09L8Uim Categories (other): Ancient Greek links with redundant wikilinks, English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Cornish translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Old English translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of Ancient Greek links with redundant wikilinks: 13 13 20 3 11 11 9 21 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 12 18 2 11 11 5 23 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 11 11 14 5 9 9 9 31 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 12 12 13 7 10 10 10 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 10 16 6 9 9 9 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 9 12 5 8 8 8 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 16 16 20 3 7 7 11 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Cornish translations: 9 10 15 5 9 9 12 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 17 8 22 4 7 7 9 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Old English translations: 10 13 13 3 19 21 4 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 10 11 14 6 10 10 11 29 Topics: bowling, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Inflected forms

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      "form": "burnt up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "burnt up",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Near-synonyms: go up in smoke; see also Thesaurus:combust"
        },
        {
          "text": "The rocket may burn up on reentry.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To catch fire and burn until destroyed."
      ],
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        "(intransitive) To catch fire and burn until destroyed."
      ],
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    },
    {
      "categories": [
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      "glosses": [
        "To destroy by burning."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To destroy by burning."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Near-synonyms: incense; see also Thesaurus:enrage, Thesaurus:annoy"
        },
        {
          "text": "His thoughtlessness really burns me up.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To anger; to annoy."
      ],
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          "anger",
          "anger"
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          "annoy"
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        "(transitive) To anger; to annoy."
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          "text": "Near-synonyms: steam, swelter"
        },
        {
          "text": "Now that we've been walking awhile, I'm burning up in this coat! Time to take it off.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To feel overly hot or inflamed."
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          "hot",
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          "inflamed"
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        "(intransitive) To feel overly hot or inflamed."
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        "intransitive"
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        {
          "text": "She felt the child's forehead and discovered that he was burning up!",
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      "glosses": [
        "To feel overly hot or inflamed.",
        "To experience a high fever."
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To feel overly hot or inflamed.",
        "(intransitive, specifically) To experience a high fever."
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      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "specifically"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English dated terms"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: tear it up"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To ride a motorcycle or other vehicle at high speed."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "motorcycle",
          "motorcycle"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated) To ride a motorcycle or other vehicle at high speed."
      ],
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        "dated"
      ]
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        "en:Bowling"
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      "glosses": [
        "To use up too much energy when first bowled and to therefore not finishing strongly."
      ],
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          "bowling",
          "bowling#Noun"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, bowling, of a ball) To use up too much energy when first bowled and to therefore not finishing strongly."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a ball"
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "roll out"
        },
        {
          "word": "burn out"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "bowling",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
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    {
      "code": "kw",
      "lang": "Cornish",
      "sense": "catch fire and burn until destroyed",
      "word": "kowlleski"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "kataphlégomai",
      "sense": "catch fire and burn until destroyed",
      "word": "καταφλέγομαι"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "catch fire and burn until destroyed",
      "word": "elég"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "catch fire and burn until destroyed",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "popalić się"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "kataphlégō",
      "sense": "destroy by burning",
      "word": "καταφλέγω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "destroy by burning",
      "word": "eléget"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "destroy by burning",
      "word": "onǣlan"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "destroy by burning",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "popalić"
    }
  ],
  "word": "burn up"
}

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      "args": {
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        "2": "burn",
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      },
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      "name": "compound"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "upbrennynge"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English upbrennynge",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "nds-de",
        "2": "upbrannen",
        "t": "to burn up"
      },
      "expansion": "German Low German upbrannen (“to burn up”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From burn + up. Compare Middle English upbrennynge, upbrennende (“burning up”, present participle), German Low German upbrannen (“to burn up”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "burn ups",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "burn up (plural burn ups)",
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    {
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        {
          "word": "burnup"
        }
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      "categories": [
        "English misspellings"
      ],
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        "Misspelling of burnup."
      ],
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          "burnup#English"
        ]
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "burn up"
}

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