English verb: burn out | |||
1. | burn out (change) melt, break, or become otherwise unusable | ||
Samples | The lightbulbs blew out. The fuse blew. | ||
Synonyms | blow, blow out | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | break, break down, conk out, die, fail, give out, give way, go, go bad | ||