Re: taper works

"First Fig ~

My candle burns at both ends;
It will not last the night;
But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends ~
It gives a lovely light!"
~ Edna St. Vincent Millay

burn1
verb burned, burnt, burning

tr & intr
1. To be on fire or set something on fire.
Thesaurus: blaze, flame, oxidize, consume, incinerate, flash,
flare, cremate, conflagrate, sear, brand, char, cauterize, fire;
Antonym: extinguish, put out, quench.tr & intr
2. To damage or injure, or be damaged or injured, by fire or
heat.
Thesaurus: scorch, char, sear, roast, toast, parch, singe, scald,
wither.3. To use something as fuel.
tr & intr
4. To char or scorch, or become charred or scorched.
5. To make (a hole, etc) by or as if by fire or heat, etc.
Example: Acid can burn holes in materialintr
6. To be or feel hot.
tr & intr
7. To feel or make something feel a hot or stinging pain.
Example: Vodka burns my throatintr
8. colloq
To want to do it very much.
Example: is burning to get his revenge
Form: be burning to do something (usually)intr
9. To feel strong emotion.
Example: was burning with shame
Form: be burning with something (especially)10. To use (coal,
oil, etc) as fuel.
tr & intr
11. To kill or die by fire.
Form: burn to death (now usually)
Form: burn alive

noun

1. An injury or mark caused by fire, heat, acid, friction, etc.
2. Pain felt in a muscle, experienced as a result of the build-up
of lactic acid during demanding exercise.
3. An act of firing the engines of a space rocket so as to
produce thrust.
4. A very fast ride eg on a motorcycle or speedboat.
Example: went for a burn on the bike
Form: burn-up (also)

Idiom: burn one's boats (burn one's bridges)

colloq
To do something which makes it impossible for one to return to one's
former situation or way of life, etc; to destroy all chance of escape
or retreat.

Idiom: burn the candle at both ends

To exhaust oneself by trying to do too much, usually by starting work
very early in the morning and staying up late at night.

Idiom: burn one's fingers (get one's fingers burnt)

colloq
To suffer, often financially, as a result of getting involved in or
interfering with something foolish, dangerous, risky, etc.

Idiom: burn a hole in one's pocket

Said of money that one is very eager to spend: to be extremely
difficult or tempting not to spend. See also money to burn under money.

Idiom: burn the midnight oil

To work late into the night.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon biernan to be on fire, and bærnan to cause to
burn.

Phrasal Verb: burn down

Said of a large structure such as a building: to be destroyed by fire
or burnt to the ground.

Phrasal Verb: burn something down

To destroy (a building, etc) by fire.

Phrasal Verb: burn out

To burn up completely and be reduced to nothing.Said of a rocket
engine: to stop working when the fuel is used up.

Phrasal Verb: burn someone or oneself out

To exhaust them or oneself by too much work or exercise.

Phrasal Verb: burn something out

To make it stop working from overuse or overheating.

Phrasal Verb: burn up

To be destroyed by fire, heat or acid, etc.To become very angry.Said of
a fire, etc: to increase in activity; to blaze or flare up. See also
burn-up.

Phrasal Verb: burn someone up

To make them very angry.
Example: Her letter really burned me up

Phrasal Verb: burn something up

To destroy it by fire, heat or acid, etc.Said of an engine: to use up
fuel in large quantities.



candle
noun

1. A piece of wax or (especially formerly) tallow, usually
cylindrical and formed around a wick, which is burnt to provide light.

verb

candled, candling
1. To test (eggs, etc) by examining against a bright light.

Idiom: burn the candle at both ends

To exhaust oneself with work or activity from early morning till late
in the night; to try to do too many things.

Idiom: not fit to hold a candle to something or someone (not able to
hold a candle to something or someone)

To be noticeably inferior to them.

Idiom: not worth the candle

Said of a task, etc: not worth the trouble and effort it would take.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon candel.

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