Synonyms for born
- verb
- adjective
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
Other
glow, shrivel, go up, scald, cauterize US, cauterise UK, jill, flash, yearn, bite, cheat, impress, desiccate
Adjective
Other
Definitions
- 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.
- 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.
- v. 3
Senses as to a figurative burning action To betray; to con or rob.
The informant burned him.
- 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?
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