No. 636 in Thai
เผ
"เผ" means "to roast" or "to burn" in English.
In a sentence
เขาเผากระดาษเพื่อทำความสะอาด.
He burned paper to clean up.
In this sentence, 'เผา' means 'burn' and is used as an action of burning something physically.
เผาบ้านเสียแล้ว!
The house is burnt down!
Here, 'เผา' is used to describe an act that resulted in the house being burned.
คนกลุ่มนั้นเผาข้าวในนาเพื่อปลูกใหม่.
That group burned the rice in the field to prepare for new planting.
In this context, 'เผา' signifies the agricultural method of burning fields for preparation and regrowth.
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