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сжига́ть — meaning in English

szhigat

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English meaning

  • burn noun An injury to skin or tissue caused by heat, fire, chemicals, or radiation.
  • cinder noun A small piece of partly burnt coal, wood, or other material left after combustion.
  • cremate verb To reduce a dead body to ashes by burning, as an alternative to burial.
  • flare noun A bright light or flame used as a signal or for illumination, often a handheld or fired device.
  • incinerate verb To destroy something completely by burning.

Senses

сжига́ть is used for these senses in English:

  • 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.
  • cinder (transitive) To reduce to cinders.
  • cremate (transitive) To burn something to ashes.
  • flare (transitive) To cause to burn; in particular, to burn off excess gas.
  • immolate To kill or destroy, especially by fire.
  • incinerate (transitive) To destroy by burning.

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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