cremō — meaning in English

English meaning

• burn noun An injury to skin or tissue caused by heat, fire, chemicals, or radiation.
• cremate verb To reduce a dead body to ashes by burning, as an alternative to burial.

Senses

cremō is used for these senses in English:

• burn The act of burning something with fire.
• burn (transitive) To cause to be consumed by fire.
• burn (chemistry, transitive) To cause to combine with oxygen or other active agent, with evolution of heat; to consume; to oxidize.
• cremate (transitive) To burn something to ashes.

burn — full definition

1. noun An injury to skin or tissue caused by heat, fire, chemicals, or radiation.
2. noun A sharp, cutting insult, especially one delivered wittily.
3. verb To be damaged, destroyed, or consumed by fire.
4. verb To injure with heat, fire, or a caustic substance.
5. verb To copy data onto a CD, DVD, or similar disc.

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