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burn to a crisp

burn to a crisp verb: to burn (usually food) very severely.

Verb

burn to a crisp (third-person singular simple present burns to a crisp, present participle burning to a crisp, simple past and past participle burnt to a crisp or burned to a crisp)

  1. (ambitransitive) To burn (usually food) very severely.

Forms of burn to a crisp

third-person singular presentburns to a crisp
present participleburning to a crisp
past participleburnt to a crisp
pastburnt to a crisp
past participleburned to a crisp
pastburned to a crisp

Questions about burn to a crisp

What does burn to a crisp mean?
Burn to a crisp means to burn (usually food) very severely.
What part of speech is burn to a crisp?
Burn to a crisp is a verb.
What is the past tense of burn to a crisp?
The past tense of burn to a crisp is burnt to a crisp.

Words near burn to a crisp in the dictionary

  1. burn the roof
  2. burn the water
  3. burn through
  4. burn time
  5. burn times
  6. burn to a crisp
  7. burn unit
  8. burn units
  9. burn up
  10. burn'd
  11. burn, baby, burn

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