different between burning vs astringent

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /b?n??/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /b??n??/
• Rhymes: -??(?)n??

Verb

burning

1. present participle of burn

Adjective

burning (comparative more burning, superlative most burning)

1. So hot as to seem to burn (something).
2. Feeling very hot.

3. Feeling great passion.

4. Consuming; intense; inflaming; exciting; vehement; powerful.

   • like a young hound upon a burning scent

5. Being keenly discussed.

   a burning question; a burning issue

Derived terms

• wood-burning, woodburning

Translations

Noun

burning (plural burnings)

1. The act by which something burns or is burned.
   • 1850, The Edinburgh Review, Or Critical Journal (volume 91, page 93)

     The propriety of the dissolution, too, was speedily seen in the improved state of the public peace: for twelve years we hear little of Orange riots, and nothing of such burnings and wreckings as those of Maghera, Maghery, and Annahagh.

2. A fire.

   The burnings continued all day.

Translations

Anagrams

• Bruning

English

Alternative forms

• adstringent

Etymology

From Latin adstringere (“to bind fast”), from ad (“toward”) +? stringere (“bind, pull tight”). Compare stringent.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??st??n.d??nt/
• Hyphenation: as?trin?gent

Noun

astringent (plural astringents)

1. A substance which draws tissue together, thus restricting the flow of blood.

Related terms

Translations

Adjective

astringent (comparative more astringent, superlative most astringent)

1. Extremely sour, bitter.
2. Sharp, caustic, severe.
3. Causing a dry or puckering mouthfeel; characteristic of foods with high tannin content, such as certain kinds of berries and citrus fruits.
4. (medicine) Having the effect of drawing tissue together; styptic.

Synonyms

• (caustic): smectic (rare)

Translations

Anagrams

• integrants, natterings, transigent

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /as.t???.???/

Adjective

astringent (feminine singular astringente, masculine plural astringents, feminine plural astringentes)

1. astringent

Noun

astringent m (plural astringents)

1. astringent

Related terms

• astringence

Latin

Verb

astringent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of astring?

Romanian

Etymology

From French astringent, from Latin astringens.

Adjective

astringent m or n (feminine singular astringent?, masculine plural astringen?i, feminine and neuter plural astringente)

1. astringent

Declension