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burns off

burns off is the third-person singular simple present indicative of burn off.

Meaning of burn off

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To dissipate as the result of heat.
    • Near-synonyms: burn away, burn up
    Synonyms:
    burn away, burn up
  2. (transitive) To cause to dissipate by applying heat.
    • Near-synonyms: burn away, burn up
    Synonyms:
    burn away, burn up
  3. (intransitive, transitive, oil industry) To dispose of (unusable explosive natural gas from an oil well) by burning it as it emerges from the well.
    • Near-synonyms: burn away, burn up
    Synonyms:
    burn away, burn up, flare
  4. (intransitive) To fail due to overheating.
    • Near-synonym: burn up
    Synonyms:
    burn up
  5. (intransitive, transitive) To fill (low-value air time) with programming not suitable for its original purpose.
  6. (transitive) To expend energy resulting from metabolizing food.
    • Near-synonyms: burn away, burn up
    Synonyms:
    burn away, burn up

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Questions about burns off

What is burns off the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Burns off is the third-person singular simple present indicative of burn off.

Words near burns off in the dictionary

  1. burns down
  2. burns in
  3. burns in hell
  4. Burns Night
  5. Burns nights
  6. burns off
  7. burns one down
  8. burns one's boats
  9. burns one's bridges
  10. burns one's fingers
  11. burns one's toast

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Adapted from Wiktionary: burns off (page history and authors); burn off (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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