WAYS OF BURNING

Burn: be on fire.
 Help! My house is burning!
Catch fire: start burning.
 Help! My house has caught fire!
Flicker: burn unsteadily.
 The candle flickered in the wind.
Smoulder: burn slowly without flames.
 The cigarette smouldered in the ashtray.
Flare: burn brightly but unsteadily or briefly.
 The match flared in the darkness.

Flame: burn in flames.

 The fire flamed up when he put oil on it.
Burst into flames: suddenly start to burn very strongly.
 The oil truck crashed and burst into flames.
Blaze: burn brightly and fiercely.
 When the firemen arrived, the whole house was blazing.
Rage: burn very strongly.
 The fire raged through the forest for days.
Incinerate: burn something completely to ashes.
 All the infected clothes were incinerated.
Smoke: give out smoke.
 The fireplace smokes too much.
Brand: burn a mark on something.
 Cattle are usually brandred on big farms.
Scorch: burn or discolour a surface by dry heat.
 She scorched my shirt when she was ironing it.
Sear: burn something with a sudden powerful heat.
 The heat seared his skin.
Singe: burn the surface of something slightly.
 The flames had singed his hair.
Char: burn something so that its outside becomes black.
 Roast the peppers until the skin begins to char.
Cremate: burn the body of a dead person at a funeral ceremony.
 Before a dead person is cremated, an authorization must be obtained.