what is burning of the ashes?
to burn to ashes meaning, to burn to ashes definition | English Cobuild dictionary. burn. The past tense and past participle is burned in American English, and burned or burnt in British English. 1 verb If there is a fire or a flame somewhere, you say that there is a fire or flame burning there. Fires were burning out of control in the center of the city... V. There was a fire burning in the large fireplace... V. 2 verb If something is burning, it is on fire.