Definition of "burning" []

• Marked by flames or intense heat: a burning sun. (adjective)
• Characterized by intense emotion; passionate: a burning desire for justice. (adjective)
• Of immediate import; urgent: "the issues that seem so burning in Washington” ( John F. Kennedy). (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "(_the burning of the body_), 3015; instr.sg. by hine ne mōston ... bronde forbærnan (_could not bestow upon him the solemn burning_), 2127; hæfde landwara līge befangen, bǣle and bronde, _with glow, fire, and flame_,"
• "(_the burning of the body_), 3015; instr.sg. by hine ne môston ... bronde forbärnan (_could not bestow upon him the solemn burning_), 2127; häfde landwara lîge befangen, bæle and bronde, _with glow, fire, and flame_,"
• "Addie murmured, the word burning into his sweater."