The barn burned down.
•There was a fire, and the old factory was burned down.
2. [for a fire] to burn and dwindle away. •The flame burned down and then went out.
•As the fire burned down, it began to get cold.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
burn down — {v. phr.} To burn to the ground; be totally gutted by fire. * /The old frame house burned down before the firefighters could get to it./ … Dictionary of American idioms
burn down — verb 1. burn completely; be consumed or destroyed by fire (Freq. 3) The hut burned down The mountain of paper went up in flames • Syn: ↑burn up, ↑go up • Hypernyms: ↑burn, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
burn down — phrasal verb Word forms burn down : present tense I/you/we/they burn down he/she/it burns down present participle burning down past tense burned down or burnt down past participle burned down or burnt down 1) [intransitive/transitive] to destroy… … English dictionary
burn down — verb a) To cause (a structure) to burn to nothing. The police are hoping to find the people who burned down the cottage. b) To completely burn, so that nothing remains. A fire which started in the bedroom caused the cottage to burn down … Wiktionary
burn down — phr verb Burn down is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑house, ↑mob … Collocations dictionary
Burn down chart — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Un ejemplo de un diagrama burn down para una iteración completa, que muestra la serie temporal del esfuerzo y tareas restantes para cada uno de los 21 días hábiles de una iteración de un mes. Un diagrama burn down o… … Wikipedia Español
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burn down — burn completely (usually used for buildings) The neighbor s house burnt down completely during the night … Idioms and examples
burn down — burn to the ground, burn completely; destroy … English contemporary dictionary
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