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burns the water

burns the water is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 burns the water

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

Words near burns the water in the dictionary

  1. burns that bridge when one comes to it
  2. burns the candle at both ends
  3. burns the coal
  4. burns the midnight oil
  5. burns the roof
  6. burns the water
  7. burns through
  8. burns time
  9. burns up
  10. Burnsall
  11. Burnsed

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