burn – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of burn

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to burn out
Participle: burnt out; burned out
Gerund: burning out

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Iburn out
youburn out
he;she;itburns out
weburn out
youburn out
theyburn out

Perfect

Ihave burnt out; burned out
youhave burnt out; burned out
he;she;ithas burnt out; burned out
wehave burnt out; burned out
youhave burnt out; burned out
theyhave burnt out; burned out

Past

Iburnt out; burned out
youburnt out; burned out
he;she;itburnt out; burned out
weburnt out; burned out
youburnt out; burned out
theyburnt out; burned out

Pluperfect

Ihad burnt out; burned out
youhad burnt out; burned out
he;she;ithad burnt out; burned out
wehad burnt out; burned out
youhad burnt out; burned out
theyhad burnt out; burned out

Future

Iwill burn out
youwill burn out
he;she;itwill burn out
wewill burn out
youwill burn out
theywill burn out

Future Perfect

Iwill have burnt out; burned out
youwill have burnt out; burned out
he;she;itwill have burnt out; burned out
wewill have burnt out; burned out
youwill have burnt out; burned out
theywill have burnt out; burned out

Subjunctive

Present

Iburn out
youburn out
he;she;itburn out
weburn out
youburn out
theyburn out

Perfect

Ihave burnt out; burned out
youhave burnt out; burned out
he;she;ithave burnt out; burned out
wehave burnt out; burned out
youhave burnt out; burned out
theyhave burnt out; burned out

Imperfect

Iburnt out; burned out
youburnt out; burned out
he;she;itburnt out; burned out
weburnt out; burned out
youburnt out; burned out
theyburnt out; burned out

Pluperfect

Ihad burnt out; burned out
youhad burnt out; burned out
he;she;ithad burnt out; burned out
wehad burnt out; burned out
youhad burnt out; burned out
theyhad burnt out; burned out

Conditional

Present

Iwould burn out
youwould burn out
he;she;itwould burn out
wewould burn out
youwould burn out
theywould burn out

Perfect

Iwould have burnt out; burned out
youwould have burnt out; burned out
he;she;itwould have burnt out; burned out
wewould have burnt out; burned out
youwould have burnt out; burned out
theywould have burnt out; burned out

Imperative

youburn out
weLet's burn out
youburn out

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam burning out
youare burning out
he;she;itis burning out
weare burning out
youare burning out
theyare burning out

Perfect

Ihave been burning out
youhave been burning out
he;she;ithas been burning out
wehave been burning out
youhave been burning out
theyhave been burning out

Past

Iwas burning out
youwere burning out
he;she;itwas burning out
wewere burning out
youwere burning out
theywere burning out

Pluperfect

Ihad been burning out
youhad been burning out
he;she;ithad been burning out
wehad been burning out
youhad been burning out
theyhad been burning out

Future

Iwill be burning out
youwill be burning out
he;she;itwill be burning out
wewill be burning out
youwill be burning out
theywill be burning out

Future Perfect

Iwill have been burning out
youwill have been burning out
he;she;itwill have been burning out
wewill have been burning out
youwill have been burning out
theywill have been burning out

Conditional

Present

Iwould be burning out
youwould be burning out
he;she;itwould be burning out
wewould be burning out
youwould be burning out
theywould be burning out

Perfect

Iwould have been burning out
youwould have been burning out
he;she;itwould have been burning out
wewould have been burning out
youwould have been burning out
theywould have been burning out

Other

Verbs similar to 'burn'

barn, bun, burk, burl, burp, burr, bury, gurn, nurn, turn,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to hurt the feelings of; to displease; to make angry; to insult
abuse, affront, carry, cut down, dis, diss, give stick, heckle, hurt someone's feelings, insult, lapidate, misbid, misrespect, misuse, offend, sledge, slight, sneap, wound
flame
blaze, ignite, sear, flare, char, incinerate, kindle
blister
wound, scorch
overcook
scorch, blacken, char, toast, ruin, sear, singe
oxidize
consume, incinerate, flame, combust

Additional Information

Cf. Old English strong intransitive verb biernan and weak transitive verb bærnan.

Etymology

1. 12c., combination of O.N. brenna "to burn, light," and two originally distinct O.E. verbs: bærnan "to kindle" (trans.) and beornan "to be on fire" (intrans.), both from P.Gmc. *brenwanan, perhaps from PIE *bhre-n-u, from base *bhereu- "to boil forth, well up." This root was also the source of O.E. born, burne "a spring, fountain," still common in place names. Meaning "cheat, swindle, victimize" is first attested 1655. Burnout "drug user" is early 1970s slang. Slow burn first attested 1938, in ref. to U.S. movie actor Edgar Kennedy, who made it his specialty.
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁-der.
4. Proto-Indo-European *bʰrenw-
5. Proto-Indo-European *bʰrénuh₁e-?
6. Proto-Germanic *brinnaną
7. Proto-West Germanic *brinnan
8. Old English biernan
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10. Proto-Germanic *brinnaną
11. Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
12. Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti
13. Proto-Germanic *-janą
14. Proto-Germanic *brannijaną
15. Proto-West Germanic *brannijan
16. Old English bærnan
17. Old Norse brennabor.
18. Middle English brennen
19. English burn
20. From Middle English barnin, bearne, beerne, beornen, berne, bernen, birne, burne, burnen, bærnen, which arose via the metathesis of branne, brennen, brennyn, brynne, from Old English beornan, biernan, birnan, byrnan, from Proto-West Germanic *brinnan, from Proto-Germanic *brinnaną (“to burn”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrenw-, present stem from *bʰrewh₁- (“to boil; to brew”). The East Midland forms were heavily influenced by Old Norse brenna, brinna (“to burn”). Doublet of brew.
21. The late metathesis of East Midland brin- to birn- (and subsequently burn-) parallels the phonological development of bird and dirt from brid and drit. As this metathesized form became the Chancery Standard, it completely displaced the semantic functions and weak conjugation paradigm of the native Old English bærnan (weak), alongside the surviving remnants of byrnan (strong).
22. Cognates
23. Cognate with Cimbrian prönnan (“to burn”), Dutch barnen, branden (“to burn”), German brinnen (“to burn”), Luxembourgish brennen (“to burn”), Vilamovian brīn (“to burn”), Yiddish ברענען (brenen, “to burn”), Danish brænde (“to burn”), Faroese and Icelandic brenna (“to burn”), Norwegian Bokmål brenne (“to burn”), Norwegian Nynorsk brenna, brenne (“to burn”), Swedish brinna (“to burn”), Gothic 𐌱𐍂𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽 (brinnan, “to burn”); also Cornish bros (“blazing, boiling”), Irish bruth (“heat; eruption; surf”), Welsh brwd (“eager, keen; passionate, zealous”), Latin defrutum (“grape must reduced by boiling”), Ancient Greek πορφύρω (porphúrō, “to boil, heave”), Albanian burth (“Cyclamen hederifolium; mouth burning”), Armenian աղբյուր (aġbyur, “fountain, spring”), Sanskrit भुर्वन् (bhurvan, “runnel, spring”). More at brew. See: Old English 'beornan', Proto-Germanic '*brinnaną', Old Norse 'brenna', Old English 'bærnan', Cimbrian 'prönnan', Dutch 'barnen', German, old spelling 'brinnen', Luxembourgish 'brennen', Wymysorys 'brīn', Danish 'brænde', Norwegian 'brenne', Norwegian, nynorsk 'brenna', Swedish 'brinna', Cornish 'bros'.

Verbs referencing "burn"

Bavarian brenna, German, old spelling brennen, Sranan bron, German, Pennsylvania brenne, Latin ferveo.

Sample Sentences

  • “O, George, how can you!” “ Yes, Eliza, it's all misery, misery, misery ! My life is bitter as wormwood; the very life is burning out of me. I 'm a poor, miserable, forlorn drudge; I shall only drag you down with me, that's all. What's the use of our trying to do anything, trying to know anything, trying to be anything ? [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] for young master, and told him that he might whip me till he was tired; — and he did do it ! If I don't make him remember it, some time ! ” and the brow of the young man grew dark, and his eyes burned with an expression that made his young wife tremble. “ Who made this man my master ? That's what I want to know ! ” he said. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] burrowing, and unaccustomed horses plunging and rearing, close to the very rails—there—on, on, on—tears the mad dragon of an engine with its train of cars; scattering in all directions a shower of burning sparks from its wood fire; screeching, hissing, yelling, panting; until at last the thirsty monster stops beneath a covered way to drink, the people cluster round, and you have time to breathe again. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • Behold, then, the candles lighted, the fire stimulated to the burning point in the grate, and our three worthies seated round a table, well spread with all the accessories to good fellowship enumerated before. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • He has it; and by fits and starts applies himself to labour; but every now and then there comes upon him a burning sense of the years that must be wasted in that stone coffin, and an agony so piercing in the recollection of those who are hidden from his view and knowledge, that he starts from his seat, and [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • If his term of imprisonment be short—I mean comparatively, for short it cannot be—the last half year is almost worse than all; for then he thinks the prison will take fire and he be burnt in the ruins, or that he is doomed to die within the walls, or that he will be detained on some false charge and sentenced for another term: or that something, no matter what, must happen to prevent [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] the same city all the while; gilded, framed and glazed hung up for general admiration; shown to strangers not with shame, but pride; its face not turned towards the wall, itself not taken down and burned; is the Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America, which solemnly declares that All Men are created Equal; and are endowed by their Creator with the Inalienable Rights of Life, [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] River, are very picturesque: and are free, I should conceive, from some of the insalubrities of Washington. The air, at that elevation, was quite cool and refreshing, when in the city it was burning hot. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] one lay idly on the deck, looking through, rather than at, the deep blue sky; the gliding on at night, so noiselessly, past frowning hills, sullen with dark trees, and sometimes angry in one red, burning spot high up, where unseen men lay crouching round a fire; the shining out of the bright stars undisturbed by noise of wheels or steam, or any other sound than the limpid rippling of the water as [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] swamp and dull morass, with hundreds of rotten trunks and twisted branches steeped in its unwholesome water. It was quite sad and oppressive, to come upon great tracts where settlers had been burning down the trees, and where their wounded bodies lay about, like those of murdered creatures, while here and there some charred and blackened giant reared aloft two withered arms, and seemed to call [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • and I hope you burn in hell bitch ! You first. Dear diary, I did something today (Lady Thug)
  • and I hope you burn in hell bitch ! - You first. - (gun bangs) (Lady Thug)
  • ♪ Come to pull down the sky in all its glory Adorn that victory mark as my 'bindi' ♪ ♪ Dash to devour and digest the sun that burns the brightest ♪ (Magudam)