intransitive/transitive if a fire burns out, or if it burns itself out, it stops burning
Synonyms and related words
To stop burning and not burning
burn out
burn down
go out
2
transitive usually passiveto completely destroy the inside of something such as a vehicle or building
an empty house that had been burned out by kids
Synonyms and related words
To burn something
burn
set light to something
burn down
3
intransitive/transitive if you burn out, or if you burn yourself out, you make yourself sick or unable to continue working because you have worked too hard
Synonyms and related words
To have or develop an illness or symptom
suffer
get
contract
4
transitive to burn someone’s home so that they have to leave it
Synonyms and related words
To force someone to leave a place
ethnic cleansing
social cleansing
drive out
5
intransitive/transitive if a piece of electrical equipment burns out, or if it is burned out, it gets too hot and stops working
Synonyms and related words
To stop working (of a piece of equipment)
break down
go off
shut off
6
intransitive/transitive if a strong feeling burns out, or if it burns itself out, you stop feeling it
His rage had been intense, but it had burneditself out.
Synonyms and related words
To disappear, or to stop existing or happening
X has left the building
disappear
finish
burn out
phrasal verb
Word Forms
present tense
I/you/we/they
burn out
he/she/it
burns out
present participle
burning out
past tense
burned out or burnt out
past participle
burned out or burnt out
DEFINITIONS6
when a fire stops burning
destroy something with fire
burn someone’s home
about electrical equipment
when strong feeling stops
become ill
1
intransitive/transitive if a fire burns out, or if it burns itself out, it stops burning
Synonyms and related words
To stop burning and not burning
burn out
burn down
go out
2
transitive usually passiveto completely destroy the inside of something such as a vehicle or building
an empty house that had been burned out by kids
Synonyms and related words
To burn something
burn
set light to something
burn down
3
transitive to burn someone’s home so that they have to leave it
Synonyms and related words
To force someone to leave a place
drive out
banish
send away
4
intransitive/transitive if a piece of electrical equipment burns out, or if it is burned out, it gets too hot and stops working
Synonyms and related words
To stop working (of a piece of equipment)
break down
go off
shut off
5
intransitive/transitive if a strong feeling burns out, or if it burns itself out, you stop feeling it
His rage had been intense, but it had burneditself out.
Synonyms and related words
To disappear, or to stop existing or happening
X has left the building
disappear
finish
6
intransitive/transitive if you burn out, or if you burn yourself out, you make yourself ill or unable to continue working because you have worked too hard