What is "burn up"

vb. 1 (context intransitive English) To catch fire and burn until destroyed 2 (context transitive English) To destroy by burning. 3 (context transitive English) To anger; to annoy.

1. v. burn brightly; "Every star seemed to flare with new intensity" [syn: flare, flame up, blaze up]

2. use up (energy); "burn off calories through vigorous exercise" [syn: burn off, burn]

3. burn completely; be consumed or destroyed by fire; "The hut burned down"; "The mountain of paper went up in flames" [syn: burn down, go up]

Burn up or Burn Up may refer to:

• Burnup, a measure of the neutron irradiation of the fuel in nuclear power technology
• Burn-Up!, a 1991 original video animation with several spinoffs:
  1. Burn-Up W, a 4-part OVA series from 1996
  2. Burn-Up Excess, a 13-part TV series from 1997–8
  3. Burn-Up Scramble, a 12-part TV series from 2004
• Burn Up (miniseries), a 2008 British/Canadian two-part mini-series

Burnup may also refer to:

• Cuthbert Burnup, English amateur cricketer and footballer, born 1975

Burn Up is a 2008 BBC/ Global Television Drama dealing with the issues of climate change and peak oil.