<p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>aflame</li><li>on fire</li><li>very hot</li><li>simmering: The water was burning.</li><li>very bright</li><li>glowing: She wore a burning red bathing suit.</li><li>caused by or as if by fire, a burn, or heat: He had a burning sensation in his throat.</li><li>intense; passionate: a burning desire.</li><li>urgent or crucial: a burning question.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the state, process, sensation, or effect of being on fire, burned, burn, or subjected to intense heat.</li><li>the baking of ceramic products to develop hardness and other properties.</li><li>the heating or the calcining of certain ores and rocks as a preliminary stage in various industrial processes.</li></ul>