'Parch' definitions:
Definition of 'parch'
(from WordNet)
verb
Cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat; "The sun parched the earth" [syn: parch, sear]
Definition of 'Parch'
From: GCIDE
- Parch \Parch\, v. i. To become scorched or superficially burnt; to be very dry. "Parch in Afric sun." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Parch'
From: GCIDE
- Parch \Parch\ (p[aum]rch), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Parched; p. pr. & vb. n. Parching.] [OE. perchen to pierce, hence used of a piercing heat or cold, OF. perchier, another form of percier, F. percer. See Pierce.]
- 1. To burn the surface of; to scorch; to roast over the fire, as dry grain; as, to parch the skin; to parch corn. [1913 Webster]
- Ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn. --Lev. xxiii. 14. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To dry to extremity; to shrivel with heat; as, the mouth is parched from fever. [1913 Webster]
- The ground below is parched. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'parch'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- air-dry,
- anhydrate,
- attenuate,
- bake,
- be in heat,
- blaze,
- blister,
- bloom,
- blot,
- boil,
- brand,
- broil,
- brush,
- burn,
- burn in,
- burn off,
- cast,
- cauterize,
- char,
- choke,
- coal,
- combust,
- consume,
- cook,
- crack,
- cupel,
- cure,
- dehumidify,
- dehydrate,
- desiccate,
- drain,
- dry,
- dry up,
- emacerate,
- emaciate,
- evaporate,
- exsiccate,
- fire,
- flame,
- flame up,
- flare,
- flare up,
- flicker,
- flush,
- found,
- fry,
- gasp,
- glow,
- incandesce,
- insolate,
- kiln,
- macerate,
- mummify,
- oxidate,
- oxidize,
- pant,
- preshrink,
- pyrolyze,
- radiate heat,
- roast,
- rub,
- Sanforize,
- scald,
- scorch,
- sear,
- seethe,
- shimmer with heat,
- shrink,
- shrivel,
- shrivel up,
- simmer,
- singe,
- smoke,
- smolder,
- smother,
- soak up,
- solder,
- spark,
- sponge,
- steam,
- stew,
- stifle,
- suffocate,
- sun,
- sun-dry,
- swab,
- sweat,
- swelter,
- swinge,
- thin,
- toast,
- torrefy,
- towel,
- vesicate,
- vulcanize,
- waste,
- waste away,
- weazen,
- weld,
- wipe,
- wither,
- wizen