What part of speech is burned?

Burned can be categorized as a verb and an adjective.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. burned is a verb, past participle of burn (infinitive).
  • 2. burned is a verb, past simple of burn (infinitive).
  • 3. burned is an adjective.

Inflections

Verb

Adjective

  • Positive
    Comparative
    Superlative
  • burned 
    more burned
    most burned
  • Positive: burned 
  • Comparative: more burned
  • Superlative: most burned

What does burned mean?

Definitions

Adjective

burned - ruined by overcooking; "she served us underdone bacon and burnt biscuits"
burned - destroyed or badly damaged by fire; "a row of burned houses"; "a charred bit of burnt wood"; "a burned-over site in the forest"; "barricaded the street with burnt-out cars"
burned - treated by heating to a high temperature but below the melting or fusing point; "burnt sienna"

Verb

burn - undergo combustion; "Maple wood burns well"
burn - destroy by fire; "They burned the house and his diaries"
burn - cause to burn or combust; "The sun burned off the fog"; "We combust coal and other fossil fuels"
burn - cause to undergo combustion; "burn garbage"; "The car burns only Diesel oil"
burn - burn with heat, fire, or radiation; "The iron burnt a hole in my dress"
burn - feel hot or painful; "My eyes are burning"
burn - shine intensely, as if with heat; "The coals were glowing in the dark"; "The candles were burning"
burn - burn at the stake; "Witches were burned in Salem"
burn - feel strong emotion, especially anger or passion; "She was burning with anger"; "He was burning to try out his new skies"
burn - spend (significant amounts of money); "He has money to burn"
burn - burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent; "The surgeon cauterized the wart"
burn - cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort; "The sun burned his face"
burn - get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun
burn - create by duplicating data; "cut a disk"; "burn a CD"
burn - use up (energy); "burn off calories through vigorous exercise"

Examples of burned

#   Sentence  
1. adj. A row of burned houses.
2. adj. A burned-over site in the forest.
3. adj. Cool the burned finger in running water.
4. adj. Every burned book enlightens the world.
5. adj. Scientists have satellites along with observations from international spacecraft to conduct a wide range of research, from detecting northward expansion of forests in the Arctic to monitoring how burned areas recover from wildfires.
6. adj. After the forest fire ravaged the hillside, Mary killed every predatory beast with the jawbone of an ass and ate the burned remains of every creature until she could not move.
7. adj. Who plays with fire ends up burned.
8. adj. Over the course of a year, much of the burned debris has been removed.
9. verb The acid burned the metal.
10. verb My forehead burned with fever.
11. verb The fire burned brightly, giving forth a comforting warmth.
12. verb The fire burned up brightly.
13. verb I burned my forefinger on fire tongs.
14. verb Both buildings burned down.
15. verb The house was burned to the ground.
16. verb The house burned down completely.
17. verb Dozens of houses were burned down in that big fire.
18. verb The candle burned out.
19. verb The car burned up in the race.
20. verb The hotel was burned to the ground.
21. verb The hotel was burned down.
22. verb Tom burned himself out as a baseball player.
23. verb The toast has burned black.
Sentence  
adj.
A row of burned houses.
A burned-over site in the forest.
Cool the burned finger in running water.
Every burned book enlightens the world.
Scientists have satellites along with observations from international spacecraft to conduct a wide range of research, from detecting northward expansion of forests in the Arctic to monitoring how burned areas recover from wildfires.
After the forest fire ravaged the hillside, Mary killed every predatory beast with the jawbone of an ass and ate the burned remains of every creature until she could not move.
Who plays with fire ends up burned.
Over the course of a year, much of the burned debris has been removed.
verb
The acid burned the metal.
My forehead burned with fever.
The fire burned brightly, giving forth a comforting warmth.
The fire burned up brightly.
I burned my forefinger on fire tongs.
Both buildings burned down.
The house was burned to the ground.
The house burned down completely.
Dozens of houses were burned down in that big fire.
The candle burned out.
The car burned up in the race.
The hotel was burned to the ground.
The hotel was burned down.
Tom burned himself out as a baseball player.
The toast has burned black.

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