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urly<br />

--adj. 4 satirical, derisive, mock-heroic, mock-pathetic: She<br />

sang a burlesque opera based on Hamlet, called 'Omelette'.<br />

adj. stout, sturdy, corpulent, large, big, hefty, stocky,<br />

thickset, brawny, chunky, heavy, beefy, muscular, strong,<br />

strapping, rugged, tough, Colloq husky: Two rather burly<br />

gentlemen were called in to help me out of the place.<br />

burn<br />

v. 1 blaze, flame, flare, smoulder: A fire was burning on the<br />

hearth. 2 ignite, set on fire, fire, light, kindle, incinerate,<br />

Slang torch: He burnt the incriminating papers in the<br />

fireplace. 3 desire, yearn, wish, long, itch: He wrote<br />

'Darling, I am burning to be with you tonight'. 4 waste, throw<br />

or fritter away, squander: Don't worry about Norman, he has<br />

money to burn. 5 overcook, blacken, char, singe: If you're not<br />

careful, you'll burn the toast again.<br />

burning adj. 1 flaming, blazing, fiery; ablaze, aflame, afire, on fire:<br />

When we arrived, the entire building was burning. 2 vehement,<br />

ardent, excited, passionate, fervent, fervid, intense, fiery,<br />

enthusiastic: She had a burning desire to join that illustrious<br />

company. 3 raging, violent, parching: His burning fever had<br />

finally subsided a little. 4 hot, blazing, scorching, seething,<br />

withering: She was married on a burning hot day in July.<br />

burrow n. 1 excavation, hole, warren, tunnel: The rabbit retreated to<br />

its burrow under the hedge.<br />

--v. 2 dig, delve, tunnel, bore; excavate: The larvae burrow<br />

into the wood where the birds can hear them moving about.<br />

burst<br />

bury<br />

v. break (asunder), rupture, shatter, explode, blow up;<br />

puncture; Slang bust: If it keeps raining the dam will burst<br />

and the valley will be flooded.<br />

n. 1 inter, inhume, lay to rest: They buried her next to her<br />

husband as she had requested. 2 abandon, forget, consign to<br />

oblivion, eradicate, extirpate: The residents buried their<br />

differences and united to repel the town planners. 3 submerge<br />

(oneself), exile (oneself), plunge, become engrossed or<br />

absorbed: She buried herself in her book. 4 conceal, obscure,<br />

hide, cover up: The real story was by now completely buried

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