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psyched or psyched up; animated, enthusiastic, eager; stimulated, aroused, Inf. hot, intensely desirous, intense; ardent, fervent, fervid, perfervid, impassioned, passionate, frenzied.
6. crucial, critical, acute; pivotal, climacteric, decisive, vital, essential; urgent, pressing, compelling, primary, important. -n. 1. combustion, oxidation, fire, flame, blaze, conflagration; kindling, ignition, calefaction; incineration, cineration, cremation, incremation.
8. parching, roasting, scorching, torrefaction, scori-fication; singeing, cautery, cauterization, searing.
9. Both Ceramics, firing, baking.
10. (all of ores and metals) carbonization, calcination, cupellation.

burnish, v. 1. buff, smooth, shine. See - polish (def. 1).
-n. 2. gloss, luster; brightness, sparkle. See - polish (def. 6).

burrow, n. 1. tunnel, furrow, groove, hole, excavation, hollow; den, lair, nook, niche; retreat, refuge, shelter, asylum.
-v. 2. dig, tunnel, furrow; excavate, hollow out, gouge out, scoop out.

bursar, n. treasurer, purser, controller, holder or keeper of the purse strings; cashier; depositary,

burst, v. 1. break open, split open, rupture, fly apart; burst open, dehisce, explode, detonate, fulminate, blow up, SI. bust; crack, split, shatter.
2. issue forth, pour forth, discharge, emerge; rush, gush, jet, spout, surge.

bury, v. 1. sink, submerge, immerge, immerse,
inundate, engulf.
2. inter, inhume, sepulcher, lay away, Inf. lay to rest, consign to the grave, Dial, funeralize; entomb, ensepul-cher, hearse.
3. cover, cover up, hide, conceal; secrete, hide away, stow away, lock up.

bush, n. 1. shrub, shrubbery, scrub, bramble, brier.
2. undergrowth, underbrush; thicket. See - brush² (def. 1).

business, n. 1. occupation, profession, trade, line; vocation, avocation, career, following, calling, pursuit, craft, metier; employment, job, work, living, livelihood, means of support, Inf. bread and butter; station, place.
2. industry, enterprise, SI. racket; trade, trading, barter, exchange; commerce, interchange, dealings, Inf. truck, intercourse, traffic, transaction, proceedings; affairs, ventures; negotiation, bargaining; merchandising, selling, promoting.
3. company, corporation, firm, house, establishment; shop, store; partnership, team.
4. concern, affair, problem, thing, point, point at issue; subject, matter, material, topic, thesis, theme, text, motif, Inf proposition; question, problem, issue; case, facts, gist, pith.
5. duty, function, office, province; responsibility, obligation, charge.
6. get down to business stop beating around the bush, get to the point; get down to it, apply oneself, stop procrastinating; SI. shape up.
7. mind one's own business keep one's nose out of, butt out of, steer clear of.

businesslike, adj. efficient, effectual, effective; systematic, orderly, regular, methodical, well-ordered, in order, thorough; practical, functional, pragmatic, matter-of-fact; diligent, painstaking, careful, sedulous, assiduous, industrious; correct, accurate, precise, shipshape; realistic, wordly-wise, down-to-earth;