cremate
verb /krəˈmeɪt/
/ˈkriːmeɪt/
[often passive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they cremate | /krəˈmeɪt/ /ˈkriːmeɪt/ |
| he / she / it cremates | /krəˈmeɪts/ /ˈkriːmeɪts/ |
| past simple cremated | /krəˈmeɪtɪd/ /ˈkriːmeɪtɪd/ |
| past participle cremated | /krəˈmeɪtɪd/ /ˈkriːmeɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form cremating | /krəˈmeɪtɪŋ/ /ˈkriːmeɪtɪŋ/ |
- to burn a dead body, especially as part of a funeral ceremony
- be cremated When she dies she wants to be cremated, not buried.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryCremate is used with these nouns as the object:- body
Word Originlate 19th cent. (as cremation): from Latin cremare ‘burn’.