burn off

burn off
verb
1. use up (energy) (Freq. 1)
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burn off calories through vigorous exercise

Syn: ↑burn, ↑burn up
Hypernyms:
consume, ↑eat up, ↑use up, ↑eat, ↑deplete, ↑exhaust, ↑run through, ↑wipe out
Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Something ——s something

2. clear land of its vegetation by burning it off (Freq. 1)
Hypernyms: ↑denude, ↑bare, ↑denudate, ↑strip
Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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burn off [phrasal verb]
burn off or burn (something) off or burn off (something)
1 US, of fog, smoke, etc. : to go away because of the sun's heat

We waited for the fog to burn off. = We waited for the sun to burn off the fog.

2 : to be removed or to remove (something) by fire or heat

The hot sun had burned the paint off the sign years before.

— see also burn 10c (above), 1
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Main Entry:burn

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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