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scorch
[ skawrch ]
verb (used with object)
- to affect the color, taste, etc., of by burning slightly:
The collar of the shirt was yellow where the iron had scorched it.
- to parch or shrivel with heat:
The sun scorched the grass.
- to criticize severely.
Antonyms: laud
- Machinery. burn 1( def 32 ).
- to destroy (crops, towns, etc.) by or as if by fire in the path of an invading army's advance.
verb (used without object)
- to become scorched:
Milk scorches easily.
- Informal. to travel or drive at high speed:
The car scorched along the highway.
noun
- a superficial burn.
scorch
/ skɔːtʃ /
verb
- to burn or become burnt, so as to affect the colour, taste, etc, or to cause or feel pain
- to wither or parch or cause to wither from exposure to heat
- informal.intr to be very hot
it is scorching outside
- informal.tr to criticize harshly
- slang.intr to drive or ride very fast
noun
- a slight burn
- a mark caused by the application of too great heat
- horticulture a mark or series of marks on fruit, vegetables, etc, caused by pests or insecticides
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Derived Forms
- ˈscorching, adjective
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Other Words From
- un·scorched adjective
- well-scorched adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of scorch1
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Example Sentences
One of the reasons I did that Twitter feed is that I want the truth to come out, all the truth, so I can scorch the earth.
And with too little bacon in the pan, not enough fat renders quickly enough and the bacon will scorch.
Speculation: The scorch might have been made by radioactivity attendant upon the resurrection.
If the scorch on the Shroud is the result of radiation, it could have been radiation that reconstituted the dead body.
Cold words freeze people, and hot words scorch them, and bitter words make them bitter, and wrathful words make them wrathful.
Losses, mistakes, discouragements and disappointments scorch with burning blisters the lining of our lives.
Sometimes they scorch them off their bodies by means of a lighted stick—a kind office which Yamba performed for me.
There was a second dash upon the stove, and another scorch in the slip.
Even with a helper wouldn't you probably scorch the mutton or else burn yourself to death with the hot grease?
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