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burns

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Scrabble points
7
Words With Friends
10
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/bɜːnz/
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/bɜːnz/ · /bɝnz/ · /bɔːnz/ · /bɝnz/ (US)

Definition of burns

15 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person)third-person singular simple present indicative of burn
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verb

  1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person)third-person singular simple present indicative of burn

noun

  1. (form-of, plural)plural of burn

name

  1. (countable, uncountable)A surname.
    “We adopted a formal policy on this," Mayor Pat Burns said. "It went before the council, and we unanimously agreed that Huntington Beach is not a sanctuary city. We took deliberate action to make our non-sanctuary stance clear."”
  2. (countable, uncountable)A surname.
  3. (countable, uncountable)A place in the United States:
  4. (countable, uncountable)A place in the United States:
  5. (countable, uncountable)A place in the United States:
  6. (countable, uncountable)A place in the United States:
  7. (countable, uncountable)A place in the United States:
  8. (countable, uncountable)A place in the United States:
  9. (countable, uncountable)A place in the United States:
  10. (countable, uncountable)A place in the United States:
  11. (countable, uncountable)A place in the United States:
  12. (countable, uncountable)A place in the United States:
  13. (form-of, plural)plural of Burn

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Etymology

* As a Scottish surname, from several places such as Burnis, Burnes, Burnhouse, containing the noun burn (“stream”). * As an English and Scottish surname, variant of Burn or Barnes. * As an Irish surname, Anglicized from Ó Broin, see Byrne. * As a Jewish surname, Americanized and shortened from Bernstein.

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