ache to feel a pain that is not strong, but that continues for a long time. This verb does not take an object, so you cannot put a noun directly after it: His legs ached after playing soccer for two hours. ♦ Her eyes ached from lack of sleep. ♦ I'm aching all over. burn to feel very hot and painful; to hurt someone with fire or heat: Your forehead's burning. You must have a fever. ♦ The water was so hot that I burned my hands. ♦ She was badly burned in the fire. sting to feel a sudden sharp pain; to make someone feel a pain like this: My eyes were stinging from the soap. ♦ Ow! That antiseptic cream stings! burn down ; burn something down to burn, or to make a building burn, until there is nothing left Their house burned down.
burn2 / Ьэгп/ noun [ count ]
( health ) a place on your body where fire or heat has hurt it
I have a burn on my arm.
burp / Ьэф / verb ( burps,burp• ing ,burped)
to make a noise from your mouth when air suddenly comes up from your stomach He burped loudly.
burpnoun [ count ] I heard a loud burp.
bur • row / ' Ьэгсю / noun [ count ]
a hole or tunnel in the ground made by some animals for them to live in. Rabbits (= small animals with long ears ) live in burrows .
bur • row verb ( bur • rows , bur • row • ing , bur • rowed )
to dig a hole in the ground These animals burrow for food.
burst 1 Ф / borst / verb ( bursts , burst ing , burst , has burst )
1 to break open suddenly or to make something do this The bag was so full that it burst. He burst the balloon. Thesaurus
break to go, or to make something go into smaller pieces: She dropped the cup and it broke into pieces . ♦ I'm sorry, I broke one of your dinner plates. ♦ He broke the chocolate in two and gave me half. ♦ She fell and broke her arm.
crack (used about something hard) to break so that a line appears, but without dividing into smaller pieces; to break something in this way: The ice cracked as I stepped on it. ♦ This mirror is cracked. ♦ He cracked a tooth playing football.
smash to break into many pieces in a violent and noisy way; to break something in this way: The glass bowl smashed into a thousand pieces . ♦ Several windows had been smashed. ♦ He smashed the box open and took the jewelry from inside.
snap to break suddenly into two pieces with a sharp noise; to break something in this way: Suddenly, the cable snapped. ♦ The weight of the snow snapped the branch in two .
burst to break open suddenly; to make something break in this way: That balloon will burst if you blow it up any more. ♦ Don't burst that balloon! ♦ The dam burst under the weight of the water.
2 to go or come suddenly Steve burst into the room.
burst into something
to start doing something suddenly
She read the letter and burst into tears (= started to cry ) . The car burst into flames (= started to burn ) .
burst out laughing
to suddenly start to laugh
When she saw my hat, she burst out laughing.
