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yakmak — meaning in English

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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.
  • incinerate verb To destroy something completely by burning.
  • light noun Brightness that lets people see, from the sun, a lamp, or fire.

Senses

yakmak 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.
  • cremate (transitive) To incinerate a dead body (as an alternative to burial).
  • incinerate (transitive) To destroy by burning.
  • light (transitive, pinball) To make (a bonus) available to be collected by hitting a target, and thus light up the feature light corresponding to that bonus to indicate its availability.
  • set on fire (transitive) To cause to begin to burn.
  • turn on (transitive) To set a flow of fluid or gas running by rotating a tap or valve. [from 19th c.]

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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