burn out
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burn out
verb burns out · burning out · burned out · burnt out
- To destroy by fire. All four engines and the entire train were derailed, and owing to the fact that all the vehicles except the sleeping cars were gas-lit, the whole of the coaching stock except the two rear brakes was burned out, beginning with the two front coaches, which were completely wrecked.
- To become extinguished due to lack of fuel. The candle finally burned out.
- To become nonfunctional (especially of lightbulbs or similar light-producing devices).
- To tire due to overwork; to overwork to one's limit. After six months of twelve-hour workdays, most people just burn out and quit.
- To cause (someone) to tire due to overwork; to cause (someone) to overwork to one's limit.
- To end one's shift at a job. I start my shift at three in the afternoon, and get to burn out at midnight.
- To have one's tires skid against the ground; to peel off, peel out.
- To make (someone) unavailable for work involving exposure to ionizing radiation by employing (the person) in such work until the person's accumulated exposure reaches the maximum permitted for an administrative period, typically a year. The repairs on this nuclear reactor have burned out every welder in the province.
- To use up too much energy when first bowled and to therefore not finish strongly.
- To be destroyed by fire. An abandoned tank was burning out at the edge of the battlefield.
noun burn outs
- Nonstandard form of burnout His burn out hadn't been caused by too many dead bodies; it was from spending his life doing for people what most of them had refused to do for themselves.
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verb to extinguish due to lack of fuel
| Português | apagar-se |
|---|---|
| Italiano | spegnersi, estinguersi |
| Русский | выгора́ть vygorátʹ, вы́гореть výgoretʹ, сгора́ть sgorátʹ, сгоре́ть sgorétʹ, перегора́ть peregorátʹ, перегоре́ть peregorétʹ |
verb to become nonfunctional (especially of lightbulbs or similar light-producing devices)
| Português | fundir-se |
|---|
verb to tire due to overwork
| Português | ficar esgotado/exausto |
|---|---|
| Français | s'épuiser |
| Italiano | esaurirsi |
| Русский | выдыха́ться vydyxátʹsja, вы́дохнуться výdoxnutʹsja |
verb to have one's tires skid against the ground
| Español | patinar |
|---|
Talk about this word "burn out." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/burn%20out. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. burn out. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/burn%20out "burn out." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/burn%20out.
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@misc{burn_out_2026,
title = {burn out},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/burn%20out},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
