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burn up in WordNet English dictionary

verb
  1. burn brightly
    "Every star seemed to flare with new intensity"
    flare  flame up  blaze up  burn up 
  2. use up (energy)
    "burn off calories through vigorous exercise"
    burn off  burn  burn up 
  3. burn completely; be consumed or destroyed by fire
    "The hut burned down"; "The mountain of paper went up in flames"
    burn down  burn up  go up 
WordNet Lexical Database v3.0, © 2006 Princeton University


burn up in English Wiktionary

 
  1. (verb) (intransitive) To catch fire and burn until destroyed
  2. (verb) (transitive) To destroy by burning.
  3. (verb) (transitive) To anger; to annoy.
  4. (verb) (rfv-sense/Isn't this burn out?) (intransitive) To harm oneself by overwork
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