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Synonyms for born

Most common

cinder parch fritter desiccate

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

1. Fire — to cause to be consumed by fire; to destroy or otherwise impact with fire or flames. To harden (bricks…

fire, incinerate, cremate, ignite, combust, singe, blaze, sear, roast, dry, sting, parch, light, smolder US, smoulder UK, wither, set fire to, set on fire, scorch, kindle, flame, take fire, cinder

2. Consume — to cause to be consumed by fire; to destroy or otherwise impact with fire or flames. To use up; to use by…

consume, cut, hurt, wound, squander, fritter, scathe dated UK, forburn dated

3. Sell — senses as to a figurative burning action To betray; to con or rob

sell, knife

Adjective

1. Natural

natural, innate

Other

warm

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To cause to be consumed by fire; to destroy or otherwise impact with fire or flames. To use up; to use by burning; to consume as fuel.

    I need to burn some calories.

  2. v. 2

    To cause to be consumed by fire; to destroy or otherwise impact with fire or flames. To harden (bricks, pottery, etc.) in a kiln.

  3. v. 3

    Senses as to a figurative burning action To betray; to con or rob.

    The informant burned him.

  4. adj. 1

    Having from birth (or as if from birth) a certain quality or character; innate; inherited.

    In the United States, information describing the operation of nuclear weapons is born secret.

Related words

Phrases
be born born-again born sleeping
Is a kind of
happen worsen
Other spellings
burn

Forms

Past participle
bornt
e.g. bornt → fired, incinerated, cremated, ignited…

Example sentences

  • cinder Ziri surrounded the medlar tree with cinder blocks.
  • fritter How much would a meat fritter and a cold Coca-Cola cost?

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
bornsteady
cindersteady
parchsteady
fritterrising
desiccatesteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
cut1, dry1
4 letters
fire2, sell1, hurt1, warm1, bite1, glow1, jill1, sear1
5 letters
light1, flash1, knife1, wound1, flame1, cheat1, roast1, sting1, blaze1, yearn1, singe1, scald1, parch1
6 letters
kindle2, innate2, ignite2, wither2, cinder2, scorch1, scathe
7 letters
natural3, consume2, impress2, combust2, shrivel2, fritter2, cremate2, smolder2, forburn
8 letters
squander2, smoulder
9 letters
cauterize3, desiccate3, cauterise
10 letters
incinerate4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (fire2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
bruler
Italiano
bruciare
Deutsch
verbrennen
Català
cremar