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BURN OFF
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Clear land of its vegetation by burning it off
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "burn off" is one way to...):
bare; denudate; denude; strip (lay bare)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Example:
burn off calories through vigorous exercise
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms (to "burn off" is one way to...):
consume; deplete; eat; eat up; exhaust; run through; use up; wipe out (use up (resources or materials))
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something