burning

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of burn

adj

1. So hot as to seem to burn (something).

   “the burning sun”

   “The desert storm was riding in its strength; the travellers lay beneath the mastery of the fell simoom. Whirling wreaths and columns of burning wind, rushed around and over them.”

   “Hot summer streets and the pavements are burning, I sit around / Trying to smile, but the air is so heavy and dry”

2. Feeling very hot.

   “burning skin”

3. Feeling great passion.

   “her burning heart”

4. Consuming; intense; inflaming; exciting; vehement; powerful.

   “burning zeal”

   “a burning passion”

   “like a young hound upon a burning scent”

5. Being keenly discussed.

   “a burning question; a burning issue”

6. On fire.

   “A firefighter puts water on a burning tree as flames approach a containment line, while fighting the King fire near Fresh Pond, California.”

   “The driver remained at his post, while telling fireman Jim Nightall to get down on the track and run back to uncouple the burning wagon from the rest.”

noun

1. The act by which something burns or is burned.

   “It gives a fine delineation of the burnings of shame, disappointed ambition, and vengeance[…]”

   “The propriety of the dissolution, too, was speedily seen in the improved state of the public peace: for twelve years we hear little of Orange riots, and nothing of such burnings and wreckings as those of Maghera, Maghery, and Annahagh.”

   “The suspect is the 21-year-old son of a St. Landry Parish sheriff’s deputy and may have been influenced by “black metal” music and its “associated history with church burnings,” the state fire marshal’s office said.”

2. A fire.

   “The burnings continued all day.”

3. The purposeful removal of certain number of coins in circulation, by sending them to a public address where the private keys cannot be obtained (called burn address, eater address or black hole), which usually should be available on the blockchain for anyone to review such a transaction. It’s a one-way address with no ability to reverse the transaction or withdraw the coins. For all practical purposes, the asset no longer exists (it has been “burned”). The act of burning effectively removes tokens from the available supply.
4. A fiery pain.