burn someone at the stake (English, verb)
expansion: burn someone at the stake (third-person singular simple present burns someone at the stake, present participle burning someone at the stake, simple past and past participle burned someone at the stake or burnt someone at the stake)
Senses:
glosses: To execute (someone) by tying them to a post and setting a fire beneath them.
tags: historical
glosses: To criticize (someone) publicly and vehemently; to cancel (someone).
tags: figuratively
Forms:
form: burns someone at the stake
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: burning someone at the stake
tags: participle
present
form: burned someone at the stake
tags: participle
past
form: burned someone at the stake
tags: past
form: burnt someone at the stake
tags: participle
past
form: burnt someone at the stake
tags: past