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BURN OFF

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does burn off mean? 

BURN OFF (verb)
  The verb BURN OFF has 2 senses:

1. use up (energy)play

2. clear land of its vegetation by burning it offplay

  Familiarity information: BURN OFF used as a verb is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BURN OFF (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Use up (energy)

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Synonyms:

burn; burn off; burn up

Context example:

burn off calories through vigorous exercise

Hypernyms (to "burn off" is one way to...):

consume; deplete; eat; eat up; exhaust; run through; use up; wipe out (use up (resources or materials))

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something


Sense 2

Meaning:

Clear land of its vegetation by burning it off

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "burn off" is one way to...):

bare; denudate; denude; strip (lay bare)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something


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