burn

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I imagine an Apple lawyer would see Jobs type this up and just burn the whole place to the ground...

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Quick take

pain that feels hot as if it were on fire

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of burn gathered in one view.

noun

pain that feels hot as if it were on fire

noun

a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun

noun

an injury caused by exposure to heat or chemicals or radiation

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for burn.

noun

pain that feels hot as if it were on fire

noun

a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun

noun

an injury caused by exposure to heat or chemicals or radiation

noun

a place or area that has been burned (especially on a person's body)

noun

damage inflicted by fire

verb

destroy by fire; "They burned the house and his diaries"

verb

shine intensely, as if with heat; "The coals were glowing in the dark"; "The candles were burning"

verb

undergo combustion; "Maple wood burns well"

verb

cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort; "The sun burned his face"

verb

cause to burn or combust; "The sun burned off the fog"; "We combust coal and other fossil fuels"

verb

feel strong emotion, especially anger or passion; "She was burning with anger"; "He was burning to try out his new skies"

verb

cause to undergo combustion; "burn garbage"; "The car burns only Diesel oil"

verb

burn at the stake; "Witches were burned in Salem"

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spend (significant amounts of money); "He has money to burn"

verb

feel hot or painful; "My eyes are burning"

verb

burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent; "The surgeon cauterized the wart"

verb

get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun

verb

create by duplicating data; "cut a disk"; "burn a CD"

verb

use up (energy); "burn off calories through vigorous exercise"

verb

burn with heat, fire, or radiation; "The iron burnt a hole in my dress"

Example sentences

I imagine an Apple lawyer would see Jobs type this up and just burn the whole place to the ground...

"I strongly believe that the idea of laziness leads to burnout.

> "Overwork doesn't burn people out per se, but it's doing that without knowing the things that replenish you.

Reasons:* The commenters who are warning about burnout are right.

That this issue is separate from and parallel to burnout!

I'd already started to suffer major burn-out / a bit of a breakdown, so I quit.

I burned myself out once and it took at least 12 years to regain full productivity.

The paragraphWhen Mayer suspects an employee might burn out, she asks them to find their rhythm.

The best way to prevent burnout is to follow up a serious failure with doing small things that you know are going to work.

And no I didn't burn them I charged my regular rate, but I did work about 18 hours on it in a 24 hour period.

It looks great in four lines, it crashes and burn on any real sized problem, because you inevitably hit the following sequence:1.

Alternatively, if you are not burned out but also do not have a sense of wonder, it is likely you will never get yourself started on the good work.

"really bothers me. If employee burnout is a regular thing inside your organization, that's a serious issue that needs solving.

If you burn yourself out hard, it will be difficult to be effective at any future job you go to, even if it is ostensibly a wonderful job.

It's one thing to risk burning your own bridges, but it's completely inconsiderate to possibly tarnish the reputation of someone who spoke up on your behalf.

If you are burned out, you might still be able to feel the joy and excitement briefly at the start of a project/idea, but they will fade quickly as the reality of day-to-day work sets in.

Demonstrating this sort of arrogance to Hacker News is probably a good way to burn your bridges at the innumerable employers and business contacts that frequent the site.

Ideally burnout is kind of self-regulating because as your productivity decreases your opportunities decrease as well.

What will burn bridges and what won't?So my question to PG and any other resourceful folks out there is: how do you approach a problem domain in which you know nothing, and manage to gain enough of a map of the territory so that you listen to someone's one-word suggestions and instantly grasp the implications?