shabd-logo

Meaning of जलाना in English

  • To consume with fire; to reduce to ashes by the action of heat or fire; -- frequently intensified by up: as, to burn up wood.
  • To injure by fire or heat; to change destructively some property or properties of, by undue exposure to fire or heat; to scorch; to scald; to blister; to singe; to char; to sear; as, to burn steel in forging; to burn one's face in the sun; the sun burns the grass.
  • To perfect or improve by fire or heat; to submit to the action of fire or heat for some economic purpose; to destroy or change some property or properties of, by exposure to fire or heat in due degree for obtaining a desired residuum, product, or effect; to bake; as, to burn clay in making bricks or pottery; to burn wood so as to produce charcoal; to burn limestone for the lime.
  • To make or produce, as an effect or result, by the application of fire or heat; as, to burn a hole; to burn charcoal; to burn letters into a block.
  • To consume, injure, or change the condition of, as if by action of fire or heat; to affect as fire or heat does; as, to burn the mouth with pepper.
  • To apply a cautery to; to cauterize.
  • To cause to combine with oxygen or other active agent, with evolution of heat; to consume; to oxidize; as, a man burns a certain amount of carbon at each respiration; to burn iron in oxygen.
  • To be of fire; to flame.
  • To suffer from, or be scorched by, an excess of heat.
  • To have a condition, quality, appearance, sensation, or emotion, as if on fire or excessively heated; to act or rage with destructive violence; to be in a state of lively emotion or strong desire; as, the face burns; to burn with fever.
  • To combine energetically, with evolution of heat; as, copper burns in chlorine.
  • In certain games, to approach near to a concealed object which is sought.
  • A hurt, injury, or effect caused by fire or excessive or intense heat.
  • The operation or result of burning or baking, as in brickmaking; as, they have a good burn.
  • A disease in vegetables. See Brand, n., 6.
  • A small stream.
  • of Enkindle
  • To consume or reduce to ashes by burning, as a dead body; to cremate.
  • To boil or cook thoroughly.
  • To boil in part; to cook partially by boiling.
  • of Parboil
  • Alt. of Sere
  • To wither; to dry up.
  • To burn (the surface of) to dryness and hardness; to cauterize; to expose to a degree of heat such as changes the color or the hardness and texture of the surface; to scorch; to make callous; as, to sear the skin or flesh. Also used figuratively.
  • The catch in a gunlock by which the hammer is held cocked or half cocked.

English usage of जलाना

    Synonyms of ‘जलाना

      Antonyms of ‘जलाना

        Browse Other Words By Clicking On Letters

        A
        B
        C
        D
        E
        F
        G
        H
        I
        J
        K
        L
        M
        N
        O
        P
        Q
        R
        S
        T
        U
        V
        W
        X
        Y
        Z
        A
        B
        C
        D
        E
        F
        G
        H
        I
        J
        K
        L
        M
        N
        O
        P
        Q
        R
        S
        T
        U
        V
        W
        X
        Y
        Z