burns
UK/bɜːnz/US/bɝnz/
burns is the third-person singular simple present indicative of burn.
burns is the plural of burn.
Meaning of burn
Verb
burn (third-person singular simple present burns, present participle burning, simple past and past participle burned or (chiefly Commonwealth) burnt or (obsolete) brent)
- To be consumed by fire or in flames.
- He watched the house burn.
- To contain a fire or coals.
- The wood stove was burning, giving off plenty of heat.
- To become overheated to the point of being unusable; to become scorched.
- The grill was too hot and the steak burned.
- To be executed by an electric chair.
- In this state, he could burn for his crimes.
- To be hot, e.g. due to embarrassment.
- The child’s forehead was burning with fever. Her cheeks burned with shame.
- To approach near to a concealed object which is sought, especially in certain games; to be so near as to be figuratively burnt by a hidden target.
- You’re cold… warm… hot… you’re burning!
Proper noun (1) capitalized: Burns
Burns (countable and uncountable, plural Burnses or Burns)
- A surname.
- We adopted a formal policy on this," Mayor Pat Burns said. "It went before the council, and we unanimously agreed that Huntington Beach is not a sanctuary city. We took deliberate action to make our non-sanctuary stance clear."2025 May 30, Rebecca Santana and Jonathan Lloyd, “These California cities and counties are on the DHS list of ‘sanctuary jurisdictions'”, in KNBC
- Robert Burns, Scottish writer.
- An unincorporated community in Eagle County, Colorado.
- A city in Marion County, Kansas.
- A township in Henry County, Illinois.
- A township in Shiawassee County, Michigan.
- An unincorporated community in Polk County, Missouri.
- A town in Alleghany County, New York.
- A city, the county seat of Harney County, Oregon.
- A town in Dickson County, Tennessee.
- A town in La Crosse County, Wisconsin.
- A town in Laramie County, Wyoming.
Proper noun (2) capitalized: Burns
Burns
- plural of Burn
Forms of burns
| plural | Burnses |
|---|---|
| plural | Burns |
Origin of burns
* As a Scottish surname, from several places such as Burnis, Burnes, Burnhouse, containing the noun burn (“stream”). * As an English and Scottish surname, variant of Burn or Barnes. * As an Irish surname, Anglicized from Ó Broin, see Byrne. * As a Jewish surname, Americanized and shortened from Bernstein.
Words formed from burns
Phrases with burns
- burns in
- burns up
- burns off
- burns out
- ice burns
- back burns
- burns away
- burns coal
- burns down
- burns time
- road burns
- rope burns
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- sick burns
- slow burns
- burns bread
- flash burns
- razor burns
- Burns nights
- burns rubber
- Burns stanza
- carpet burns
- Indian burns
- powder burns
- burns in hell
- Burns stanzas
- Burns suppers
- burns through
- Chinese burns
- deorbit burns
- freezer burns
- suicide burns
- burns daylight
- burns one down
- burns pavement
- burns the coal
- burns the roof
- friction burns
- turns or burns
- burns the water
- cigarette burns
- dumps and burns
- millipede burns
- controlled burns
- prescribed burns
- burns one's boats
- burns one's toast
- crashes and burns
- Ken Burns effects
- first-degree burns
- third-degree burns
- burns one's bridges
- burns one's fingers
- burns someone's ass
- fourth-degree burns
- second-degree burns
- burns someone's ears
- burns the midnight oil
- hazard reduction burns
- fiddle while Rome burns
- fiddles while Rome burns
- fiddling while Rome burns
- watched toast never burns
- burns someone at the stake
- burns the candle at both ends
- burns a hole in someone's pocket
- burns that bridge when one comes to it
- the candle that burns twice as bright burns half as long
Words that rhyme with burns
Questions about burns
- What does burns mean?
- Burns means a surname.
- What is burns the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
- Burns is the third-person singular simple present indicative of burn.
- What part of speech is burns?
- Burns is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce burns?
- Burns is pronounced /bɜːnz/ (UK).
Words near burns in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: burns (page history and authors); Burns (page history and authors); burn (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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