Meaning

2 senses
  1. (transitive)To burn something to ashes.

    einäschern, kremieren

    сжига́тьsžigátʹ, сжечьsžečʹ, испепеля́тьispepeljátʹ

    reduce to ashes

  2. (transitive)To incinerate a dead body (as an alternative to burial).

    I want to be cremated when I die.

Examples

33 sentences
  1. She cremated him against his wishes.

    ruОна кремировала его против его воли. — Balamax

  2. I don't want to be cremated.

  3. Tom doesn't want to be cremated.

    ruТом не хочет, чтобы его кремировали. — marafon

  4. Tom is going to be cremated tomorrow.

    ruТома завтра кремируют. — odexed

  5. She cremated him within 24 hours of his death.

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
burn to ashes:
incinerate a body:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
burn to ashes:
incinerate a body:

Origin

First attested in 1889; borrowed from Latin cremātus, perfect passive participle of cremō

First attested in 1889; borrowed from Latin cremātus, perfect passive participle of cremō (“to burn to ashes; to cremate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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Forms

cremates, cremating, cremated, cremated
Base formcremate · to cremate
3rd person singularcremates
Present participlecremating
Past simplecremated
Past participlecremated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycremate
he, she, itcremates

Past simpleLesson

all personscremated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave cremated
he, she, ithas cremated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill cremate

Synonyms

15 synonyms

Word family

8 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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