burn down
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
burn completely; be consumed or destroyed by fire
The hut burned down
Types & categories
- burn hypernym
- incinerate hyponym
Sense 2 verb
destroy by fire
They burned the house and his diaries
Types & categories
Related & opposite
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | burn |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | incinerate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | fire |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | burn mark |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | fire |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | flame |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | burnable |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | burn |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | incinerate |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | ruin |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | backfire |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | cremate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | torch |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | scorch |