cinder
To reduce to cindersTo reduce to cinders.
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Translations
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Meaning
2 senses(transitive)To reduce to cinders.
verkohlen, verschwelen, einäschern
испепелятьispepeljatʹ, сжига́тьsžigátʹ
(transitive)To cover with cinders.
We plan to cinder this path.
Origin
From Middle English cyndyr, syndir, synder, sinder, from Old English sinder (“cinder, drosFrom Middle English cyndyr, syndir, synder, sinder, from Old English sinder (“cinder, dross, slag, scoria, dross of iron, impurity of metal”), from Proto-West Germanic *sindr, from Proto-Germanic *sindrą, *sindraz (“dross, cinder, slag”), from Proto-Indo-European *sendʰro- (“coagulating fluid, liquid slag, scale, cinder”). Cognate with Scots sinder (“ember, cinder”), West Frisian sindel, sintel (“cinder, slag”), Dutch sintel (“cinder, ember, slag”), Middle Low German sinder, sinter (“cinder, slag”), German Sinter (“dross of iron, scale”), Danish sinder (“spark of ignited iron, cinder”), Swedish sinder (“slag or dross from a forge”), Icelandic sindur (“scoring”), Old Church Slavonic сѧдра (sędra, “lime cinder, gypsum”). Spelling (c- for s-) influenced by unrelated French cendre (“ashes”). Doublet of sinter.
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Forms
cinders, cindering, cindered, cinderedTenses
cinder · cindered · will cinder · have cinderedSynonyms
14 synonymsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
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