burn up
English
verb
Definitions
- (intransitive) To catch fire and burn until destroyed.
- (transitive) To destroy by burning.
- (transitive) To anger; to annoy.
- (intransitive) To feel overly hot or inflamed.
- (dated) To ride a motorcycle at high speed.
Etymology
Compound from English burn (stream) + English up (a higher degree, adverb).
Origin
English
up
Gloss
a higher degree, adverb
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Burnmouth English
- Burnside English
- Johnny-jump-up English
- aburn English
- afterburn English
- antiup English
- backburn English
- backup English
- bindup English
- blow up English
- breakup English
- brimstone English
- buildup English
- burn English
- burnability English
- burnable English
- burndown English
- burner English
- burnest English
- burneth English
- burnie English
- burnlike English
- burnoff English
- burnproof English
- burnt English
- burny English
- buy up English
- buyup English
- cheese up English
- cleanup English
- cryoburn English
- deorbit burn English
- draw-up English
- dustup English
- faceup English
- fillup English
- fixer-upper English
- flare-up English
- forburn English
- freeburn English
- getup English
- glow-up English
- gut up English
- heartburn English
- hole up English
- inburn English
- layup English
- leadup English
- liftup English
- light up English
- linkup English
- matchup English
- mess-up English
- mixup English
- moonburn English
- muck-up English
- mugup English
- nonburn English
- noseburn English
- nut up English
- outburn English
- overburn English
- pent-up English
- pickup English
- postburn English
- power-up English
- preburn English
- rainburn English
- reburn English
- rugburn English
- run-up English
- scaleup English
- scoop up English
- screenburn English
- setup English
- shakeup English
- situp English
- stackup English
- stickup English
- stitch-up English
- suckup English
- sum-up English
- sunburn English
- two-up English
- unburn English
- underburn English
- up English
- up so down English
- upalong English
- upback English
- upbow English
- upcard English
- upcasing English
- upchirp English
- upcoast English
- upcoming English
- upcountry English
- upcropping English
- updip English
- upglide English
- uphanded English
- uphill English
- upkeep English
- uplight English
- uplink English
- upload English
- uplying English
- upmass English
- upmost English
- upness English
- upon English
- uppest English
- uppish English
- uppity English
- uprank English
- upsample English
- upscatter English
- upshock English
- upshorts English
- upside down English
- upsitting English
- upskirt English
- upslanting English
- upslur English
- upstair English
- upstate English
- upstreet English
- upstroke English
- upsun English
- uptil English
- uptodate English
- upvalue English
- upward English
- upwards English
- upwarp English
- walkup English
- wayupthere English
- windburn English
- write-up English
- upar Portuguese
- アップ Japanese
- upp Old English
- bernen Middle English
- branden Middle Dutch
- apim Tok Pisin
- up
- burn
- upon
- aburn
- layup
- buyup
- updip
- uptil
- burnt
- burny
- upbow
- situp
- mugup
- getup
- upsun
- setup
- mixup
- faceup
- run-up
- unburn
- leadup
- dustup
- uplink
- suckup
- uppest
- upmost
- reburn
- upness
- walkup
- sum-up
- liftup
- inburn
- two-up
- buy up
- upback
- upslur
- nut up
- upward
- uprank
- uppish
- pickup
- burner
- upload
- upkeep
- antiup
- upwarp
- upmass
- bindup
- gut up
- linkup
- upcard
- uppity
- backup
- burnie
- fillup
- uphill
- cleanup
- pent-up
- upalong
- upwards
- burnoff
- stackup
- hole up
- upstate
- muck-up
- breakup
- upchirp
- rugburn
- burnest
- upvalue
- burneth
- uplight
- outburn
- upskirt
- blow up
- upcoast
- upshock
- uplying
- upstair
- draw-up
- preburn
- shakeup
- forburn
- sunburn
- mess-up
- scaleup
- nonburn
- matchup
- glow-up
- buildup
- upglide
- stickup
- uptodate
- upcasing
- burnable
- freeburn
- noseburn
- windburn
- uphanded
- write-up
- upstroke
- power-up
- backburn
- burndown
- light up
- cryoburn
- upstreet
- rainburn
- burnlike
- upcoming
- scoop up
- postburn
- flare-up
- upshorts
- upsample
- overburn
- Burnside
- moonburn
- stitch-up
- cheese up
- brimstone
- afterburn
- upcountry
- upscatter
- heartburn
- underburn
- burnproof
- upsitting
- Burnmouth
- screenburn
- upslanting
- wayupthere
- up so down
- upcropping
- fixer-upper
- burnability
- upside down
- deorbit burn
- Johnny-jump-up