'Scorch' definitions:

Definition of 'scorch'

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noun
A surface burn [syn: scorch, singe]
noun
A plant disease that produces a browning or scorched appearance of plant tissues
noun
A discoloration caused by heat
verb
Make very hot and dry; "The heat scorched the countryside" [syn: sear, scorch]
verb
Become superficially burned; "my eyebrows singed when I bent over the flames" [syn: scorch, sear, singe]
verb
Destroy completely by or as if by fire; "The wildfire scorched the forest and several homes"; "the invaders scorched the land"
verb
Burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color; "The cook blackened the chicken breast"; "The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece"; "the flames scorched the ceiling" [syn: char, blacken, sear, scorch]
verb
Become scorched or singed under intense heat or dry conditions; "The exposed tree scorched in the hot sun"

Definition of 'Scorch'

From: GCIDE
  • Scorch \Scorch\ (sk[^o]rch), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scorched; p. pr. & vb. n. Scorching.] [OE. scorchen, probably akin to scorcnen; cf. Norw. skrokken shrunk up, skrekka, skr["o]kka, to shrink, to become wrinkled up, dial. Sw. skr[*a]kkla to wrinkle (see Shrug); but perhaps influenced by OF. escorchier to strip the bark from, to flay, to skin, F. ['e]corcher, LL. excorticare; L. ex from + cortex, -icis, bark (cf. Cork); because the skin falls off when scorched.]
  • 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Summer drouth or sing[`e]d air Never scorch thy tresses fair. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To affect painfully with heat, or as with heat; to dry up with heat; to affect as by heat. [1913 Webster]
  • Lashed by mad rage, and scorched by brutal fires. --Prior. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To burn; to destroy by, or as by, fire. [1913 Webster]
  • Power was given unto him to scorch men with fire. --Rev. xvi. 8. [1913 Webster]
  • The fire that scorches me to death. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Scorch'

From: GCIDE
  • Scorch \Scorch\, v. i.
  • 1. To be burnt on the surface; to be parched; to be dried up. [1913 Webster]
  • Scatter a little mungy straw or fern amongst your seedlings, to prevent the roots from scorching. --Mortimer. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To burn or be burnt. [1913 Webster]
  • He laid his long forefinger on the scarlet letter, which forthwith seemed to scorch into Hester's breast, as if it had been red hot. --Hawthorne. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To ride or drive at great, usually at excessive, speed; -- applied chiefly to automobilists and bicyclists. [Colloq.] -- {Scorch"er}, n. [Colloq.]

Synonyms of 'scorch'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Scorch'