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Webster 1913 Edition
Burnt
Burnt
,p.
p.
& Adj.
Consumed with, or as with, fire; scorched or dried, as with fire or heat; baked or hardened in the fire or the sun.
Burnt ear
, a black, powdery fungus which destroys grain. See
– Smut
. Burnt offering
, something offered and burnt on an altar, as an atonement for sin; a sacrifice. The offerings of the Jews were a clean animal, as an ox, a calf, a goat, or a sheep; or some vegetable substance, as bread, or ears of wheat or barley. Called also
burnt sacrifice
. [2 Sam. xxiv. 22.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Burnt
BURNT
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Definition 2025
burnt
burnt
English
Alternative forms
Verb
burnt
- simple past tense and past participle of burn
Adjective
burnt (comparative more burnt, superlative most burnt)
- (of food) Carbonised.
- The toast was too burnt to eat.
- (of a person) Having a sunburn.
- (of a colour) Being darker than standard, especially browner.
Translations
carbonized
sun-burned
browner than standard
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