BURNS

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• BURNS (noun)
  The noun BURNS has 2 senses:

1. United States comedian and film actor (1896-1996)

2. celebrated Scottish poet (1759-1796)

  Familiarity information: BURNS used as a noun is rare.

• BURNS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

United States comedian and film actor (1896-1996)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Burns; George Burns; Nathan Birnbaum

Instance hypernyms:

comedian; comic (a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts)

vaudevillian (a performer who works in vaudeville)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Celebrated Scottish poet (1759-1796)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Burns; Robert Burns

Instance hypernyms:

poet (a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry))

 Context examples 

Also, ACCS may be beneficial in the treatment of radiation burns of the skin.

(Amnion-derived Cellular Cytokine Solution, NCI Thesaurus)

Native to southern Africa, it is a popular ornamental, and its juice is used alone or in preparations to soothe minor burns and skin irritations.

(Aloe vera, NCI Thesaurus)

Burns can be caused by exposure to chemicals, direct heat, electricity, flames and radiation.

(Burn, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)

Third-degree burns damage or destroy the deepest layer of skin and tissues underneath.

(Burns, NIH: National Institute of General Medical Sciences)

A topical preparation containing fat-soluble vitamins A and D usually in a lanolin-petrolatum base, A and D Ointment promotes healing of minor burns, rashes, sunburn, skin irritations, and acne; and prevents diaper rash.

(A and D Ointment, NCI Thesaurus)

BAT is a thermogenic organ that burns glucose and fats, releasing the energy that is produced in the form of heat.

(Increasing the level of physical activity is found not to improve the functioning of brown adipose tissue, University of Granada)

Brown fat, in contrast, burns energy to create heat and help maintain body temperature.

(Nanoparticles target, transform fat tissue, NIH)

The sun is our nearest star — a gigantic nuclear reactor that burns about 5 million tons of hydrogen fuel every second.

(Newest solar telescope produces first images, National Science Foundation)

While white fat stories energy, brown fat burns it in a process known as ‘thermogenesis’.

(Study in mice suggests drug to turn fat ‘brown’ could help fight obesity, University of Cambridge)

A supernova is a star much more massive than the Sun that runs out of the fuel that burns in its core, causing it to collapse on itself.

(Exploding Stars Make Key Ingredient in Sand, Glass, NASA)