[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/burning/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [B](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/b/) / burning # burning adjective (burning); verb form (-ing of burn: burn, burns, burned/burnt, burning); noun (burning — uncountable) «burning» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. On fire; giving out flames and heat: a burning building. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burning/#m1) 2. Very hot: burning sand. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burning/#m2) 3. Feeling sore and hot: a burning feeling in your eyes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burning/#m3) 4. Very strong or important: a burning question, a burning wish. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burning/#m4) 5. The -ing form of burn: «The fire is burning». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burning/#m5) ### In the lessons In science: burning (combustion) needs fuel, oxygen and heat — the fire triangle; burning is an irreversible change (you can't get the wood back); burning fuel releases carbon dioxide. In safety: if you smell burning, tell an adult; get out of a burning building, stay low under smoke, don't go back in; stop, drop and roll if your clothes catch fire; cool a burn under cold running water for 20 minutes. Phrases: burning smell, burning hot, burning question, burning sensation, candle burning, burning down. ### Examples - I can smell something burning! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burning/#x1) - Get out of a burning building and don't go back in. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burning/#x2) - The sand was burning hot. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burning/#x3) - The candle is burning on the table. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burning/#x4) - My eyes were burning from the smoke. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burning/#x5) - Burning wood is a change you can't undo. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burning/#x6) - I have a burning question for the teacher. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burning/#x7) - Stop, drop and roll if your clothes are burning. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burning/#x8) - My throat is dry and burning. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burning/#x9) ### Note Past of burn: burned (US and UK) or burnt (UK, Australia). «Burnt toast» uses burnt as an adjective. Burning is an irreversible change, unlike melting. Never use butter or ice on a burn — use cool running water. ## In Jewish tradition It can mean the act of burning an offering, or a burn as an injury. "Burning for burning" is a rule of the law about injuries. Later books use it for the fire of God's holiness, "everlasting burnings", and for a burning made at a king's death in honor of him. **Interpretation.** The rabbis read "burning for burning, wound for wound" as meaning that the harmer pays money for the harm, not that the same injury is done back to him. Isaiah's "everlasting burnings" is read as the holiness of God, which only the upright can stand near. ### Examples - burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe. (Torah EXO.21.25, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/burning/#x1) - Fire shall be kept burning upon the altar continually; it shall not go out. (Torah LEV.6.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/burning/#x2) - And the priest shall take cedar-wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer. (Torah NUM.19.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/burning/#x3) - Who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?' (Prophets ISA.33.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/burning/#x4) - Out of his mouth go burning torches, and sparks of fire leap forth. (Writings JOB.41.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/burning/#x5) - And his people made no burning for him, like the burning of his fathers. (Writings 2CH.21.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/burning/#x6) ### Note Past of burn: burned (US and UK) or burnt (UK, Australia). «Burnt toast» uses burnt as an adjective. Burning is an irreversible change, unlike melting. Never use butter or ice on a burn — use cool running water. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «burning» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burning/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«burning» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/burning.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «burning» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/burning/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«burning» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/burning.html) on Mova free.