(intransitive) To become nonfunctional (especially of lightbulbs or similar light-producing devices).
: Mr. Mason, shivering as some one chanced to open the door, asked for more coal to be put on the fire, which had burnt out its flame, though its mass of cinder still shone hot and red. The footman who brought the coal, in going out, sto…
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(transitive) To destroy by fire.
The candle finally burned out.
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(intransitive) To become extinguished due to lack of fuel.
1847, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, Chapter XVIII
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