well-scorched
verb (used with object)
1.
to affect the color, taste, etc., of by burning slightly: The collar of the shirt was yellow where the iron had scorched it.
2.
to parch or shrivel with heat: The sun scorched the grass.
3.
to criticize severely.
4.
5.
to destroy (crops, towns, etc.) by or as if by fire in the path of an invading army's advance.
verb (used without object)
6.
to become scorched: Milk scorches easily.
7.
Informal. to travel or drive at high speed: The car scorched along the highway.
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noun
8.
a superficial burn.
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scorch (skɔːtʃ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to burn or become burnt, so as to affect the colour, taste, etc, or to cause or feel pain |
| 2. | to wither or parch or cause to wither from exposure to heat |
| 3. | informal (intr) to be very hot: it is scorching outside |
| 4. | informal (tr) to criticize harshly |
| 5. | slang (Brit) (intr) to drive or ride very fast |
| —n | |
| 6. | a slight burn |
| 7. | a mark caused by the application of too great heat |
| 8. | horticulture a mark or series of marks on fruit, vegetables, etc, caused by pests or insecticides |
| [C15: probably from Old Norse skorpna to shrivel up] | |
| 'scorching | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
scorch
c.1200, perhaps from O.N. skorpna "to be shriveled," cognate with O.E. scrimman "to shrink, dry up." Or perhaps from O.Fr. escorchier "to strip off the skin," from V.L. excorticare "to flay," from ex- + L. cortex (gen. corticis) "cork;" but OED finds this not likely. Scorcher "very hot day" first attested
1874. Scorched earth military strategy is 1937, translation of Chinese jiaotu, used against the Japanese in their advance into China.
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