burn to a cinder
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burn to a cinder — v. burn to ashes … English contemporary dictionary
burn — I verb blaze, blister, brand, burn to a cinder, burst into flame, catch fire, cauterize, char, conflagrate, consume, cremate, deflagrate, enkindle, fire, flame up, flare, gut, ignite, incandesce, incendiarize, incinerate, inflame, kindle, light… … Law dictionary
burn something to a cinder — burn sth to a ˈcinder/ˈcrisp idiom to cook sth for too long or with too much heat, so that it becomes badly burnt Main entry: ↑burnidiom … Useful english dictionary
burn something to a crisp — informal phrase to burn something completely The dinner was burned to a crisp. Thesaurus: to burn somethingsynonym Main entry: crisp * * * burn something completely, leaving only a charred remnant * * * … Useful english dictionary
cinder — [sin′dər] n. [ME & OE sinder, dross of iron, slag < IE base * sendhro , coagulating fluid > Ger sinter, dross of iron, stalactite, sintern, to trickle, coagulate, Czech śadra, gypsum] 1. slag, as from the reduction of metallic ores 2. a… … English World dictionary
burn — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ horrific (esp. BrE), nasty, serious, severe, terrible ▪ minor, slight, superficial ▪ … Collocations dictionary
burn — burn1 W3S2 [bə:n US bə:rn] v past tense and past participle burnt [bə:nt US bə:rnt] or burned ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(produce flames and heat)¦ 2¦(destroy something with fire)¦ 3¦(injure/kill somebody with fire)¦ 4¦(sun)¦ 5¦(food)¦ 6¦(chemicals)¦ 7¦(fuel)¦ … Dictionary of contemporary English
burn — 1 verb past and past participle burnt or burned FIRE 1 PRODUCE HEAT (I) to produce heat and flames: Is the fire still burning? 2 DESTROY WITH FIRE (I, T) to be destroyed by fire or destroy something with fire: burn sth: I burnt all his old… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
burn out — verb a) To extinguish due to lack of fuel. The candle finally burned out. b) To tire due to overwork. Mr. Mason, shivering as some one chanced to open the door, asked for more coal to be put on the fire, which had burnt out its flame, though its… … Wiktionary
ἀπανθρακώσῃ — ἀπανθρακόω burn to a cinder aor subj mid 2nd sg ἀπανθρακόω burn to a cinder aor subj act 3rd sg ἀπανθρακόω burn to a cinder fut ind mid 2nd sg ἀ̱πανθρακώσῃ , ἀπανθρακόω burn to a cinder futperf ind mp 2nd sg (doric aeolic) ἀ̱πανθρακώσῃ ,… … Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)
