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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Burning

· Burn·ing · IPA /ˈbɝnɪŋ/
01 a. That burns; being on fire; excessively hot; fiery.
  1. 1.
    That burns; being on fire; excessively hot; fiery.
  2. 2.
    Consuming; intense; inflaming; exciting; vehement; powerful; as, burning zeal.
    “Like a young hound upon a burning scent.” — Dryden.
Phrases & compounds
Burning bush — an ornamental shrub (Euonymus atropurpureus), bearing a crimson berry.
02 n. The act of consuming by fire or heat, or of subjecting to the effect of fire or heat; the state of being on fire or excessively heated.
  1. 1.
    The act of consuming by fire or heat, or of subjecting to the effect of fire or heat; the state of being on fire or excessively heated.
Phrases & compounds
Burning fluid — any volatile illuminating oil, as the lighter petroleums (naphtha, benzine), or oil of turpentine (camphine), but esp. a mixture of the latter with alcohol.
Burning glass — a convex lens of considerable size, used for producing an intense heat by converging the sun's rays to a focus.
Burning house — the furnace in which tin ores are calcined, to sublime the sulphur and arsenic from the pyrites.
Burning mirror — a concave mirror, or a combination of plane mirrors, used for the same purpose as a burning glass.
Syn. Combustion; fire; conflagration; flame; blaze.