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burned the water

burned the water is the simple past and past participle of burn the water.

Meaning of burn the water

Verb

burn the water (third-person singular simple present burns the water, present participle burning the water, simple past and past participle burnt the water or burned the water)

  1. (Scotland, historical) To spear salmon by torchlight.

Questions about burned the water

What is burned the water the simple past and past participle of?
Burned the water is the simple past and past participle of burn the water.

Words near burned the water in the dictionary

  1. burned that bridge when one came to it
  2. burned the candle at both ends
  3. burned the coal
  4. burned the midnight oil
  5. burned the roof
  6. burned the water
  7. burned through
  8. burned time
  9. burned up
  10. burned-over district
  11. burnedness

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