burn up
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burn up
Where it comes from
From burn + up. Compare Middle English upbrennynge, upbrennende (“burning up”, present participle), German Low German upbrannen (“to burn up”).
verb burns up · burning up · burned up · burnt up
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To catch fire and burn until destroyed.
Near-synonyms: go up in smoke; see also Thesaurus:catch fire
Similar: go up in smoke, catch fire, catch on fire, combust, conflagrate, fire, go up in flames, ignite, light, spunk, take fire
- To destroy by burning. Before daylight, when the dragon flew home to sleep, he had burned up the hall and even the throne of the Geatish king.
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To anger; to annoy.
Near-synonyms: incense; see also Thesaurus:enrage, Thesaurus:annoy
Similar: incense, affront, aggravate, anger, antagonize, awrath, burn up, cheese off, cross, embitter, envenom, gall
- To be angry or annoyed. One morning […] we stood around the office talking and laughing, having a good time, when one man, Tim, made a job ^([sic]) about "fags." Right then we had to leave, and soon we were warming up our cars on the street. Naturally I was burning up about the comment, and decided to do something about it
- To be or feel overly hot or inflamed. Near-synonyms: steam, swelter
- To experience a high fever. She felt the child's forehead and discovered that he was burning up!
- To ride a motorcycle or other vehicle at high speed.
- To use up too much energy when first bowled and to therefore not finishing strongly.
noun
- Misspelling of burnup
Talk about this word "burn up." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/burn%20up. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. burn up. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/burn%20up "burn up." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/burn%20up.Cite this
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title = {burn up},
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year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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