"burns" is a correct and usable word in written English.
You can use it as a verb meaning to cause physical damage to something by heat, light, or other means, or as a noun referring to a physical damage caused by heat, light, or other means. Example: "The fireplace burns strongly in the chilly night."
Steffen said the trends of a hotter and drier climate meant bushfire season in southern WA was stretching into spring and autumn, narrowing the window for fire management authorities to safely conduct prescribed burns.
If he's plain speaking about where he's from, Newman is wary of fame, not wanting to be an artist who burns bright, then disappears into "no-man's-land.
Two mothers relay how the toothpaste cleared up their respective children's skin rashes and burns.
What burns through is the sense of faith in the individual: the bigger the contribution people make to their own lives and the community, the more fulfilment they will feel and the greater satisfaction they will derive from the way they live.
Johan arrives at Karen's house and tells the women that Peter did not fall at Sankelmark, but when he tries to get Laust's final letter to Inge, her mother burns it in a ridiculously cruel and pointless gesture.
The older of the two girls will recover from 15% burns and a fractured arm, doctors said.
So as the month draws to a close, we're grateful to have that most convivial and literary of celebrations, the Scottish institution that is Burns Night, to look forward to for lunch inspiration.
Marko Burns On theguardian.com Re Love Judy (23 May): when I ran the library in a Birmingham comprehensive school in the 70s, Forever was the most frequently stolen book.
Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 12.34pm BST12 34 Simon Burns, a Conservative, asks Cameron if he still stick with his long-term economic plan.
We have now forgotten that in the summer of 1854, when Anthony Burns – who had run away from slavery in Richmond, Virginia – was returned to slavery by a state judge acting as a federal commissioner under the second fugitive slave act, Boston itself had to be placed under martial law for three whole days.
John Burns Consulting, a California firm that works with homebuilders, calculated that at least 414,000 home sales did not take place last year, simply because too many grads have struggled with debt to the point where they can't pull together a down payment.
