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Meaning of 'scorch' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Scorch [ v. i.]
- To be burnt on the surface; to be parched; to be dried up.
- To burn or be burnt.
2 . Scorch [ v. t.]
- To burn superficially; to parch, or shrivel, the surface of, by heat; to subject to so much heat as changes color and texture without consuming; as, to scorch linen.
- To affect painfully with heat, or as with heat; to dry up with heat; to affect as by heat.
- To burn; to destroy by, or as by, fire.

Meaning of 'scorch' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . scorch [ v]
Meaning (1):
- become superficially burned
Example in sentence:
  • my eyebrows singed when I bent over the flames
Meaning (2):
- burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color
Example in sentence:
  • The cook blackened the chicken breast;
  • The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece;
  • the flames scorched the ceiling
Meaning (3):
- become scorched or singed under intense heat or dry conditions
Example in sentence:
  • The exposed tree scorched in the hot sun
Meaning (4):
- make very hot and dry
Example in sentence:
  • The heat scorched the countryside
Meaning (5):
- destroy completely by or as if by fire
Example in sentence:
  • the invaders scorched the land;
  • The wildfire scorched the forest and several homes

Nearby Words:

scoat scobby scobiform scobs scoff scoffed scoffer scoffery scoffing scoffingly

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