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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: (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) bite, sting, burn (cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort) "The sun burned his face"

S: (v) itch (have or perceive an itch) "I'm itching--the air is so dry!"
S: (v) hunger (feel the need to eat)
S: (v) thirst (feel the need to drink)
S: (v) act up (make itself felt as a recurring pain) "My arthritis is acting up again"
S: (v) throb (pulsate or pound with abnormal force) "my head is throbbing"; "Her heart was throbbing"
S: (v) shoot (cause a sharp and sudden pain in) "The pain shot up her leg"

W: (n) sting [Related to: sting] (a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung) "the sting of death"; "he felt the stinging of nettles"
W: (n) stinger [Related to: sting] (a sharp organ of offense or defense (as of a wasp or stingray or scorpion) often connected with a poison gland)
W: (n) stinger [Related to: sting] (a sharp stinging blow)
W: (n) burn [Related to: burn] (pain that feels hot as if it were on fire)

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) feel, experience (undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind) "She felt resentful"; "He felt regret"

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) cut, burn (create by duplicating data) "cut a disk"; "burn a CD"
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"