5.5.4 Burn

Use this domain for verbs that are used of fire: "The fire is ____." In some languages there are verbs for what is happening to the thing that is burning: "The house is ____."

Louw Nida Codes: 
14H Burning
  • What words refer to a fire burning?
    burn
  • What words describe a fire that is burning well?
    blaze, ablaze, burn fiercely, burn brightly, burn hot
  • What words describe a fire that is not burning well?
    die down, smolder
  • What words describe a fire that starts to burn again after having died down?
    flare up, flame up
  • What words describe the appearance of fire?
    flicker, dance, glow
  • What words refer to a fire burning something?
    burn something,
  • What words refer to something burning partly?
    blacken, scorch, singe,
  • What words refer to something burning completely?
    burn up, burn down, burn to the ground, consume, incinerate, destroy by fire, reduce to ashes,
  • What words refer to a fire making something hot?
    to heat something, to warm something
  • What words refer to something burning?
    be burning, go up in flames, go up in smoke, be in flames,
  • What words describe something that has been burned?
    burnt,