burning

B1 · Intermediate

adj. feeling very hot, often in a painful way.

adj. producing or characterised by a sensation of intense heat.

Español:ardiente

“He had a burning fever and needed to stay in bed all day.”

“The athlete felt a burning sensation in her lungs as she pushed through the final hundred metres of the steep uphill climb.”

B2 · Upper Intermediate

adj. describing a very strong feeling or a question that needs an answer right away.

adj. characterised by intense passion, urgency, or importance; often used to describe desires or topical issues.

“She had a burning desire to travel the world after she finished school.”

“The committee addressed the burning issue of housing affordability, which had dominated local political discourse for several months.”

B1 · Intermediate Uncountable noun

n. the process of something being on fire or being hurt by fire.

n. the physical process of combustion or the resulting injury or damage caused by exposure to fire or heat.

“The controlled burning of the fields helps the new grass grow better.”

“The accidental burning of the historical archives resulted in the irreparable loss of several eighteenth-century manuscripts.”

C1 · Advanced Uncountable noun Computing Technical

n. the act of permanently removing digital coins from circulation to increase their value.

n. the process of sending cryptocurrency tokens to an unusable address to permanently remove them from the circulating supply.

“The company announced a burning of one million tokens to help stabilize the price.”

“By implementing a regular burning mechanism, the developers aimed to create deflationary pressure on the asset's total market supply.”