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burnt definition

burnt (bʉrnt)

transitive verb, intransitive verb

adjective

that has been burned

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burnt Synonyms

burnt

modif.

scorched, singed, charred; see burned 1.


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burnt Usage Examples

Preposition: at

  • stake: She was tried for witchcraft, found guilty and burnt at the stake and her grandson was banished from the moor.

Preposition: out

  • shell: John Lewis, the big department store in Oxford Street, was left a burnt out shell, only the walls were left standing.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

  • get: Dont get sun burnt or drunk too much tho this may take some avoiding.

Modifies a noun

  • offering: Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt offerings; neither host thou honored me with thy sacrifices.

Modifying Another Word

  • badly: Thomas Wright, who was got out next, was very badly burnt.

Used with adjective complement

  • get: Last time I got burnt to a crisp " everywhere " was in Miami, lying on a rooftop at 110 degrees.

Preposition: by

  • sun: It is especially important to avoid getting burnt by the sun.
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burnt quotes

   Some of the opera houses in Italy had to be burnt down because people could neither see nor hear. They gave up seeing years ago, but they did enjoy the music.

-Johnson, Philip Cortelyou

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