burn off

brûler, dépenser

Utiliser l’énergie des aliments, généralement en bougeant ou en faisant du sport.

En anglais simple : To use energy from food, usually by moving or exercising.

• Walking helps you burn off calories.
• The children burned off some energy in the park.
• How much exercise burns off a large meal?

Comment l'utiliser : burn something off (A long walk helped me burn the extra calories off.)

Synonymes : use up, expend

Expressions courantes : burn off calories, burn off energy

se dissiper

Disparaître sous l'effet de la chaleur, notamment le brouillard ou les nuages réchauffés par le soleil.

En anglais simple : To disappear because of heat, especially when the sun warms fog or cloud.

• The fog will burn off soon.
• By noon, the mist had burned off.
• Low clouds usually burn off as the day warms.

Synonymes : clear, dissipate

Expressions courantes : burn off gradually, burn off completely

enlever par la chaleur, brûler

Faire disparaître ou enlever quelque chose en utilisant la chaleur.

En anglais simple : To make something disappear or remove it by using heat.

• The sun will burn off the fog.
• He burned off the old paint with a torch.
• Can this heater burn off the moisture?

Comment l'utiliser : burn something off (The sun burned the mist off.)

Synonymes : remove, burn away

Expressions courantes : burn off something, burn off paint

brûler le gaz excédentaire

Éliminer en le brûlant le gaz inutile d’un puits de pétrole.

En anglais simple : To get rid of unwanted gas from an oil well by setting it on fire.

• They burn off unwanted gas.
• The oil company burned off gas above the well.
• Why is so much methane being burned off here?

Comment l'utiliser : burn off something (The plant burns off excess gas at night.)

Synonymes : flare, flare off

Expressions courantes : burn off gas, burn off excess gas

gaspiller, dilapider

Utiliser quelque chose de précieux sans obtenir de résultat utile.

En anglais simple : To use up something valuable without producing a useful result.

• The company is burning off cash.
• We burned off scarce fuel while waiting.
• Leaving equipment running burns off resources needlessly.

Comment l'utiliser : burn off something (The idle machines burn off fuel for no useful purpose.)

Synonymes : waste, squander

Contraires : conserve

Expressions courantes : burn off cash, burn off resources

distancer

Aller beaucoup plus vite qu’un concurrent et le laisser derrière, surtout au début d’une course.

En anglais simple : To move much faster than a competitor and leave them behind, especially at the start of a race.

• He burned off his rivals immediately.
• The red car burned us off at the lights.
• Can she burn off the field in the opening lap?

Comment l'utiliser : burn someone off (She burned the other runners off at the start.)

Synonymes : outpace, leave behind

Expressions courantes : burn off someone, burn off rivals