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BURNS

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Celebrated Scottish poet (1759-1796)

Synonyms:

Burns; Robert Burns

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

poet (a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry))

Sense 2

Meaning:

United States comedian and film actor (1896-1996)

Synonyms:

Burns; George Burns; Nathan Birnbaum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

comedian; comic (a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts)

vaudevillian (a performer who works in vaudeville)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Present simple (third person singular) of the verb burn

Credits

 Context examples: 

Brown fat, in contrast, burns chemical energy to create heat and help maintain body temperature.

(Cool temperature alters human fat and metabolism, NIH)

Pig heart valves are already being routinely transplanted into humans, some diabetes patients have transplanted pig pancreas cells and pig skin is often used for treating patients with severe burns.

(Scientist Move Closer to Pig-human Organ Transplants, VOA)

Calendula-based skin products have been used to treat minor cuts, burns, and skin irritation.

(Calendula ointment, NCI Dictionary)

To destroy tissue using a hot or cold instrument, an electrical current, or a chemical that burns or dissolves the tissue.

(Cauterize, NCI Dictionary)

It is a general term that refers to harm caused by accidents, falls, blows, burns, weapons, and more.

(Injuries, NIH)

Causes include burns, dehydration, radiation, and leprosy.

(Hypohidrosis, NCI Thesaurus)

A substance used on the skin to soothe or heal wounds, burns, rashes, scrapes, or other skin problems.

(Ointment, NCI Dictionary)

Petroleum jelly is used on the skin to prevent drying and to help heal scrapes and burns.

(Petroleum jelly, NCI Dictionary)

Petrolatum is used on the skin to prevent drying and to help heal scrapes and burns.

(Petrolatum, NCI Dictionary)

Useful in the treatment of severe burns, peripheral vascular disease, carbon monoxide poisoning and decompression illness.

(Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy, NCI Thesaurus)