burn (with)

  • 1burn with a low blue flame — 1. in. to be eavily alcohol intoxicated. □ Yeah, he’s burning with a low blue flame. □ He’s not just drunk, he’s burning with a low blue flame. 2. in. to be quietly and intensely angry. □ She just sat there with her steak in her lap, burning with …

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  • 2burn with anger — be extremely angry, be furious …

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  • 3burn with a (low) blue flame —    American    to be very drunk    The imagery is from a dying fire, about to go out …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 4Burn — Burn, v. i. 1. To be of fire; to flame. The mount burned with fire. Deut. ix. 15. [1913 Webster] 2. To suffer from, or be scorched by, an excess of heat. [1913 Webster] Your meat doth burn, quoth I. Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. To have a condition,… …

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  • 5burn — burn1 burnable, adj. /berrn/, v., burned or burnt, burning, n. v.i. 1. to undergo rapid combustion or consume fuel in such a way as to give off heat, gases, and, usually, light; be on fire: The fire burned in the grate. 2. (of a fireplace,… …

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  • 6Burn After Reading — Infobox film name = Burn After Reading image size = 215px caption = International poster for Burn After Reading director = Joel Coen Ethan Coen producer = Joel Coen Ethan Coen writer = Joel Coen Ethan Coen starring = John Malkovich George Clooney …

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  • 7burn — I UK [bɜː(r)n] / US [bɜrn] verb Word forms burn : present tense I/you/we/they burn he/she/it burns present participle burning past tense burned or burnt UK [bɜː(r)nt] / US [bɜrnt] past participle burned or burnt *** 1) [intransitive] if a fire or …

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  • 8burn — I n. 1) to receive a burn 2) a brush, friction; first degree; minor, superficial; second degree, moderate; third degree, severe burn 3) (misc.) (esp. AE) a slow burn ( increasing fury ) II v. (d; refl.) to burn into (the incident burned itself… …

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  • 9burn — I [[t]bɜrn[/t]] v. burned burnt, burn•ing, 1) to consume fuel and give off heat, gases, and usu. light; be on fire 2) chem. a) to undergo combustion; oxidize b) to undergo fission or fusion 3) (of a fireplace, furnace, etc.) to contain a fire 4)… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 10burn — 1. n. a cigarette. □ Gimme a burn, huh? □ Fred just stood there with a burn on his lower lip and his hands in his pockets. 2. tv. to smoke a cigarette. □ I need to burn a fag. Just a minute. □ …

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