forburn
English
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To destroy, torture, or injure by burning; burn up; burn down.
- (intransitive) To burn; be burnt; be consumed by fire; to be on fire.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English forburnen inherited from Old English forbirnan affix from English burn (stream).
Origin
English
burn
Gloss
stream
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
河
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Burnmouth English
- Burnside English
- aburn English
- afterburn English
- backburn English
- brimstone English
- burn English
- burn up 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
- cryoburn English
- deorbit burn English
- freeburn English
- heartburn English
- inburn English
- moonburn English
- nonburn English
- noseburn English
- outburn English
- overburn English
- postburn English
- preburn English
- rainburn English
- reburn English
- rugburn English
- screenburn English
- sunburn English
- unburn English
- underburn English
- windburn English
- brennen German
- verbrennen German
- birnan Old English
- forbirnan Old English
- bernen Middle English
- forburnen Middle English
- branden Middle Dutch
- *frabrinnan gmw-pro
- burn
- aburn
- burnt
- burny
- unburn
- burner
- reburn
- inburn
- burnie
- preburn
- burnoff
- sunburn
- burn up
- nonburn
- rugburn
- burnest
- burneth
- outburn
- cryoburn
- burnable
- freeburn
- rainburn
- noseburn
- burnlike
- windburn
- postburn
- backburn
- burndown
- overburn
- Burnside
- moonburn
- underburn
- burnproof
- brimstone
- afterburn
- Burnmouth
- heartburn
- screenburn
- burnability
- deorbit burn