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underburn

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
un-der-burn
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To burn up.

Obsolete; Transitive verb

verb

To burn too little.

Transitive verb

noun

The deliberate burning of surface fuel so as to leave the tree canopy intact.

Etymology

From Middle English underbrennen (“to set on fire, burn up”), equivalent to under- + burn.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

underburns (present, singular) underburning (participle, present) underburned (participle, past) underburned (past) underburnt (participle, past) underburnt (past) underburns (plural)

Questions

What does underburn mean?
To burn up.
Where does underburn come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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