aflame; on fire. caused by or as if by fire, a burn, or heat: He had a burning sensation in his throat. ...

Is called scorching or burning?

To scorch is to burn something fiercely, to the point where its surface — your face, prairie grass, a steak on the grill — chars or otherwise changes color. Although scorch usually refers to burning something (whether it's the sun or a blowtorch doing the burning), that's not always the case.

What kind of word is burning?

A fire. "The burnings continued all day."