To incinerate (a corpse).
[Latin cremāre, cremāt-.]
cremation cre·ma'tion (krĭ-mā'shən) n.cremator cre'ma'tor n.
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To incinerate (a corpse).
[Latin cremāre, cremāt-.]
cremation cre·ma'tion (krĭ-mā'shən) n.Disposal of a cadaver by total burning.
After the death of their dog, the family chose to cremate it and scatter its ashes at the beach where it had loved to play.
The verb has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
reduce to ashes
Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - brænde, kremere
Français (French)
v. tr. - incinérer
Deutsch (German)
v. - einäschern
Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - αποτεφρώνω/καίω (σορό κ.λπ.)
Português (Portuguese)
v. - cremar
Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - incinerar, cremar
Svenska (Swedish)
v. - kremera
中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
火葬, 焚化
中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 火葬, 焚化
한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - (시체를) 화장하다, (서류를) 소각하다
日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 火葬にする, 焼却する, 火葬する
العربيه (Arabic)
(فعل) حرق جثه ميت
עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - שרף גופה
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