Words that rhyme with thurn

v 1: close at the end of a session; "The court adjourned" [syn: adjourn, recess, break up] 2: break from a meeting or gathering; "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library" [syn: adjourn, withdraw, retire]

n 1: pain that feels hot as if it were on fire [syn: burn, burning] 2: a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun [syn: tan, suntan, sunburn, burn] 3: an injury caused by exposure to heat or chemicals or radiation 4: a place or area that has been burned (especially on a person's body) [syn: burn, burn mark] 5: damage inflicted by fire v 1: destroy by fire; "They burned the house and his diaries" [syn: burn, fire, burn down] 2: shine intensely, as if with heat; "The coals were glowing in the dark"; "The candles were burning" [syn: burn, glow] 3: undergo combustion; "Maple wood burns well" [syn: burn, combust] 4: cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort; "The sun burned his face" [syn: bite, sting, burn] 5: cause to burn or combust; "The sun burned off the fog"; "We combust coal and other fossil fuels" [syn: burn, combust] 6: feel strong emotion, especially anger or passion; "She was burning with anger"; "He was burning to try out his new skies" 7: cause to undergo combustion; "burn garbage"; "The car burns only Diesel oil" [syn: burn, incinerate] 8: burn at the stake; "Witches were burned in Salem" 9: spend (significant amounts of money); "He has money to burn" 10: feel hot or painful; "My eyes are burning" 11: burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent; "The surgeon cauterized the wart" [syn: cauterize, cauterise, burn] 12: get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun [syn: sunburn, burn] 13: create by duplicating data; "cut a disk"; "burn a CD" [syn: cut, burn] 14: use up (energy); "burn off calories through vigorous exercise" [syn: burn off, burn, burn up] 15: burn with heat, fire, or radiation; "The iron burnt a hole in my dress"

n 1: a vessel in which cream is agitated to separate butterfat from buttermilk [syn: churn, butter churn] v 1: stir (cream) vigorously in order to make butter 2: be agitated; "the sea was churning in the storm" [syn: churn, boil, moil, roil]

n 1: something that interests you because it is important or affects you; "the safety of the ship is the captain's concern" 2: an anxious feeling; "care had aged him"; "they hushed it up out of fear of public reaction" [syn: concern, care, fear] 3: a feeling of sympathy for someone or something; "She felt strong concern for those less fortunate" [ant: unconcern] 4: something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness; "New York traffic is a constant concern"; "it's a major worry" [syn: concern, worry, headache, vexation] 5: a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it; "he bought his brother's business"; "a small mom-and-pop business"; "a racially integrated business concern" [syn: business, concern, business concern, business organization, business organisation] v 1: be relevant to; "There were lots of questions referring to her talk"; "My remark pertained to your earlier comments" [syn: refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to, bear on, touch, touch on, have-to doe with] 2: be on the mind of; "I worry about the second Germanic consonant shift" [syn: concern, interest, occupy, worry]

v 1: detect with the senses; "The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards"; "I can't make out the faces in this photograph" [syn: spot, recognize, recognise, distinguish, discern, pick out, make out, tell apart]

n 1: the trait of remaining calm and seeming not to care; a casual lack of concern [syn: nonchalance, unconcern, indifference] 2: a feeling of lack of concern [ant: concern]

n 1: an upward movement or trend as in business activity

n 1: a large vase that usually has a pedestal or feet 2: a large pot for making coffee or tea

n 1: the capital of Switzerland; located in western Switzerland [syn: Bern, Berne, capital of Switzerland]

n 1: the capital of Switzerland; located in western Switzerland [syn: Bern, Berne, capital of Switzerland]

n 1: English writer (born in Ireland) (1713-1766) [syn: Sterne, Laurence Sterne]