burn-v; 10 Senses

Sense Number 1: (cause to) be consumed or destroyed by fire

Commentary: Syntax Includes: NP1[agent] BURN NP2[patient] NP1[patient] BURN

Examples:
In 1791 a mob, incensed at his radical religious and political views, burned his home.
Her house burned down.
He burned his draft card during the Vietnam War.
The car burns only Diesel oil.
The building burns its garbage.
They burned her at the stake for witchcraft.
The car burned up in the crash.
The pie burned to a crisp.
They should burn off the undergrowth in a controlled manner.
The dermatologist burned off the wart.

Mappings:
VerbNet: other_cos-45.4,hurt-40.8.3-2
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: burn.01,burn.02
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 5, 7, 8, 11
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
burn_off 2
burn_down 1, 2
burn_up 3

Sense Number 2: give off heat and light, shine intensely

Commentary: Syntax Is: NP1 BURN

Examples:
The fire burned throughout the night.
A wildfire is burning just west of Muskogee.
This candle will burn for 15 hours.
The lights in the office building burned until 2 a.m.
Okita was enraged and the light in his eyes burned furiously.
They threw a farewell glance towards the cliff, and beheld the
vapors
gathering in dense volumes, through which the gem burned
duskily. --Nathaniel Hawthorne

Mappings:
VerbNet: entity_specific_cos-45.5,entity_specific_modes_being-47.2,light_emission-43.1,other_cos-45.4
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
burn_up 1

Sense Number 3: create through burning

Examples:
The iron burned a hole in my dress.
The fire has burned a swath 12 miles long and three to five miles wide.

Mappings:
VerbNet: other_cos-45.4
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 15

Sense Number 4: get rid of by or as if by burning

Examples:
Running is a great way to burn calories.
Adding just 10 pounds of muscle will burn off 62 pounds of fat over the next year!
Be sure to burn off the alcohol before adding the cream, otherwise the sauce may curdle.
We need to burn up some time before we go in.
Marco sure acts like he has money to burn.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 9, 14
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
burn_off 1
burn_up 2

Sense Number 5: injure through heat or radiation

Examples:
He missed a game after he burned his face, spending too much time under a tanning lamp.
When the flash from the bomb came, and they were burned on their face.
You'll burn if you stay out on the beach too long.

Mappings:
VerbNet: hurt-40.8.3-2,other_cos-45.4
FrameNet: Cause_harm,Experience_bodily_harm
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 4, 12

Sense Number 6: feel hot or painful, as if burning

Examples:
My eyes are burning.
Her ears burned from the cold.

Mappings:
VerbNet: pain-40.8.1,tingle-40.8.2
FrameNet: Perception_body
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 10

Sense Number 7: feel strong emotion, esp. passion or anger

Examples:
He burned with a fierce anger.
The thought of her behavior that night made her burn with shame.
What are you so burned up about?
Her comments really made me burn!

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: Emotion_heat
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 6

Sense Number 8: BURN OUT: stop burning or functioning

Examples:
The campfire did not burn out until dawn.
The lightbulb burned out again!
I'm so burned out I can't think straight.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: burn.03,burn.04
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
burn_out 1

Sense Number 9: duplicate data

Examples:
I'll burn the photos to a CD and mail it to you.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: burn.03,burn.04
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 13

Sense Number 10: insult, hurt

Examples:
She's been burned by trusting her employees before.
Way to go! You so burned that idiot.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM