burn up

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verb

1. burn brightly (Freq. 1)
- Every star seemed to flare with new intensity
• Syn:
flare, flame up, blaze up
• Derivationally related forms:
flare (for: flare)
• Hypernyms:
burn, combust
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
2. use up (energy)
- burn off calories through vigorous exercise
• Syn:
burn off, burn
• Hypernyms:
consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete,
exhaust, run through, wipe out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
3. burn completely;
be consumed or destroyed by fire
- The hut burned down
- The mountain of paper went up in flames
• Syn:
burn down, go up
• Hypernyms:
burn, combust
• Hyponyms:
incinerate
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s