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'burning' - used as an adjective
1. producing or having a painfully hot sensation
begged for water to soothe his burning throat
2. intensely hot
a burning fever
the burning sand
3. characterized by intense emotion
a burning enthusiasm
4. lighted up by or as by fire or flame
forests set burning by lightning
a burning cigarette
5. of immediate import
burning issues of the day
6. consuming fuel; used in combination
coal-burning (or wood-burning) stoves

'burning' - used as a noun
7. the act of burning something
the burning of leaves was prohibited by a town ordinance
8. pain that feels hot as if it were on fire
9. a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light
10. execution by electricity
11. execution by fire
12. a form of torture in which cigarettes or cigars or other hot implements are used to burn the victim's skin
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