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Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations

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S: (n) burn, burning (pain that feels hot as if it were on fire)
S: (n) tan, suntan, sunburn, burn (a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun)
S: (n) burn (an injury caused by exposure to heat or chemicals or radiation)
S: (n) burn, burn mark (a place or area that has been burned (especially on a person's body))
S: (n) burn (damage inflicted by fire)

S: (v) burn, fire, burn down (destroy by fire) "They burned the house and his diaries"
S: (v) burn, glow (shine intensely, as if with heat) "The coals were glowing in the dark"; "The candles were burning"
S: (v) burn, combust (undergo combustion) "Maple wood burns well"
S: (v) bite, sting, burn (cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort) "The sun burned his face"
S: (v) burn, combust (cause to burn or combust) "The sun burned off the fog"; "We combust coal and other fossil fuels"
S: (v) burn (feel strong emotion, especially anger or passion) "She was burning with anger"; "He was burning to try out his new skies"
S: (v) burn, incinerate (cause to undergo combustion) "burn garbage"; "The car burns only Diesel oil"

S: (v) burn (execute by tying to a stake and setting alight) "Witches were burned in Salem"

S: (v) burn (spend (significant amounts of money)) "He has money to burn"
S: (v) burn (feel hot or painful) "My eyes are burning"
S: (v) cauterize, cauterise, burn (burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent) "The surgeon cauterized the wart"
S: (v) sunburn, burn (get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun)

S: (v) discolor, discolour, colour, color (change color, often in an undesired manner) "The shirts discolored"

S: (v) blush, crimson, flush, redden (turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame) "The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by"
S: (v) pale, blanch, blench (turn pale, as if in fear)
S: (v) tan, bronze (get a tan, from wind or sun)
S: (v) sunburn, burn (get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun)
S: (v) whiten, white (turn white) "This detergent will whiten your laundry"
S: (v) blacken, melanize, melanise, black (make or become black) "The smoke blackened the ceiling"; "The ceiling blackened"
S: (v) turn (change color) "In Vermont, the leaves turn early"
S: (v) silver (turn silver) "The man's hair silvered very attractively"
S: (v) dye (color with dye) "Please dye these shoes"
S: (v) redden (turn red or redder) "The sky reddened"
S: (v) purple (become purple)
S: (v) grey, gray (turn grey) "Her hair began to grey"
S: (v) yellow (turn yellow) "The pages of the book began to yellow"
S: (v) tone (change the color or tone of) "tone a negative"
S: (v) green (turn or become green) "The trees are greening"
S: (v) blue (turn blue)

S: (v) burn off, burn, burn up (use up (energy)) "burn off calories through vigorous exercise"

S: (v) burn (damage by burning with heat, fire, or radiation) "The iron burnt a hole in my dress"