_:vb6817428 "(chemistry, transitive) To cause to combine with oxygen or other active agent, with evolution of heat; to consume; to oxidize."@en . . _:vb6817430 "A human being burns a certain amount of carbon at each respiration."@en . "11" . _:vb6817429 "to burn iron in oxygen"@en . _:vb6817429 . _:vb6817430 . _:vb6817428 .