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burned.

Damaged or consumed by heat, fire, oxidation, or similar process.

6 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈbɜːnd/Received-Pronunciation/ˈbɝnd/General-American/bɔːnd/Northumbria

  1. Damaged or consumed by heat, fire, oxidation, or similar process.

Where this word comes from

The past tense is inherited from Middle English burnede. The past participle (from which the adjective is also derived) is inherited from Middle English burned. Synchronically, both forms are equivalent to burn + -ed.

verb/ˈbɜːnd/Received-Pronunciation/ˈbɝnd/General-American/bɔːnd/Northumbria

  1. simple past and past participle of burn

    form-of · participle · past
Where this word comes from

The past tense is inherited from Middle English burnede. The past participle (from which the adjective is also derived) is inherited from Middle English burned. Synchronically, both forms are equivalent to burn + -ed.

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