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outburn

outburn verb: to burn away; be consumed by fire.

Verb

outburn (third-person singular simple present outburns, present participle outburning, simple past and past participle outburned or outburnt)

  1. (intransitive) To burn away; be consumed by fire.
  2. (transitive) To exceed in burning; burn longer than.

Synonyms of outburn

All synonyms of outburn

Forms of outburn

third-person singular presentoutburns
present participleoutburning
past participleoutburned
pastoutburned
past participleoutburnt
pastoutburnt

Origin of outburn

From out- + burn.

Questions about outburn

What does outburn mean?
Outburn means to burn away; be consumed by fire.
What part of speech is outburn?
Outburn is a verb.
What is the past tense of outburn?
The past tense of outburn is outburned.

Words near outburn in the dictionary

  1. outbullshits
  2. outbullshitted
  3. outbullshitting
  4. outbully
  5. outbullying
  6. outburn
  7. outburned
  8. outburning
  9. outburns
  10. outburnt
  11. outburp

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