burns
Definitions
Noun
- United states comedian and film actor (1896-1996)
- Celebrated scottish poet (1759-1796)
- Pain that feels hot as if it were on fire
- A browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun
- An injury caused by exposure to heat or chemicals or radiation
- A place or area that has been burned (especially on a person's body)
- Damage inflicted by fire
Verb
- Destroy by fire
- Shine intensely, as if with heat
- Undergo combustion
- Cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort
- Cause to burn or combust
- Feel strong emotion, especially anger or passion
- Cause to undergo combustion
- Burn at the stake
- Spend (significant amounts of money)
- Feel hot or painful
- Burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent
- Get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun
- Create by duplicating data
- Use up (energy)
- Burn with heat, fire, or radiation
Fragment
Sounds Like
Spelled Like
Words That Follow
Words That Precede
Statistically Associated
Consonant Match
As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "burns".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | burns | 1 | 23 |
| 2 | burnside | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | burnside's | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | burns's | 2 | 1 |
| 5 | burns' | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | burnsed | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | burnstein | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | burnsworth | 2 | 0 |
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "burns".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bones | 1 | 20 |
| 2 | beans | 1 | 9 |
| 3 | buns | 1 | 8 |
| 4 | bonn's | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | bins | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | byrnes | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | baines | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | bans | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | ben's | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | burnes | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | bain's | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | bains | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | ban's | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | banes | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | baynes | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | bean's | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | beens | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | bens | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | benz | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | berns | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | bines | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | binns | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | binz | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | bonnes | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | boons | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | burns' | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | bynes | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | byrne's | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | urban's | 2 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "burns".
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "burns" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | burns another | 3 | 2 |
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "burns" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | now burns | 1 | 2 |
Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "burns" in the same piece of text.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | alice | 2 | 2 |
Results:
Term
Definitions: 22
Fragments: 8
Sound Alikes: 29
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 1
Words that Precede: 1
Statistically Associated: 1
Consonant Matches: 6
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
This Word in the News:
Oregon ERs see spike in burn injuries tied to smoking drugs, study finds
Mar 17, 2026 OregonLive.com
Mar 17, 2026 OregonLive.com
Massive fire burns in NYC Midtown high-rise by start of St. Patrick’s Day Parade
Mar 17, 2026 New York Post
Mar 17, 2026 New York Post
RV explosion hospitalizes 2 children, 2 adults with severe burns: CCFR
Mar 16, 2026 FOX 13 Tampa Bay
Mar 16, 2026 FOX 13 Tampa Bay

