Burning
Burning , adjective
1.
That burns; being on fire; excessively hot; fiery.
2.
Consuming; intense; inflaming; exciting; vehement; powerful; as, burning zeal.
Like a young hound upon a burning scent.
Collocations (1)
Burning bush (Botany) , an ornamental shrub (Euonymus atropurpureus), bearing a crimson berry.
Burning , noun
The act of consuming by fire or heat, or of subjecting to the effect of fire or heat; the state of being on fire or excessively heated.
Collocations (4)
Burning fluid , any volatile illuminating oil, as the lighter petroleums (naphtha, benzine), or oil of turpentine (camphine), but esp. a mixture of the latter with alcohol.
Burning glass , a convex lens of considerable size, used for producing an intense heat by converging the sun's rays to a focus.
Burning house (Metallurgy) , the furnace in which tin ores are calcined, to sublime the sulphur and arsenic from the pyrites. — Weale
Burning mirror , a concave mirror, or a combination of plane mirrors, used for the same purpose as a burning glass.