'Singe' definitions:
Definition of 'singe'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Singe'
From: GCIDE
- Singe \Singe\ (s[i^]nj), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Singed (s[i^]njd); p. pr. & vb. n. Singeing (s[i^]nj"[i^]ng).] [OE. sengen, AS. sengan in besengan (akin to D. zengen, G. sengen), originally, to cause to sing, fr. AS. singan to sing, in allusion to the singing or hissing sound often produced when a substance is singed, or slightly burned. See Sing.]
- 1. To burn slightly or superficially; to burn the surface of; to burn the ends or outside of; as, to singe the hair or the skin. [1913 Webster]
- You sulphurous and thought-executing fires, . . . Singe my white head! --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- I singed the toes of an ape through a burning glass. --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (a) To remove the nap of (cloth), by passing it rapidly over a red-hot bar, or over a flame, preliminary to dyeing it. (b) To remove the hair or down from (a plucked chicken or the like) by passing it over a flame. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Singe'
From: GCIDE
- Singe \Singe\, n. A burning of the surface; a slight burn. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'singe'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- attaint,
- bedaub,
- besmear,
- besmirch,
- besmoke,
- bestain,
- blacken,
- blaze,
- blister,
- blur,
- brand,
- burn,
- burn in,
- burn off,
- cast,
- cauterize,
- char,
- coal,
- crack,
- cupel,
- darken,
- daub,
- dirty,
- discolor,
- flame,
- found,
- mark,
- mat burn,
- oxidate,
- oxidize,
- parch,
- pyrolyze,
- scald,
- scorch,
- sear,
- second-degree burn,
- slubber,
- slur,
- smear,
- smirch,
- smoke,
- soil,
- solder,
- stain,
- stigmatize,
- sunburn,
- sunscald,
- swinge,
- taint,
- tarnish,
- third-degree burn,
- torrefy,
- vesicate,
- vulcanize,
- weld,
- windburn
Words containing 'Singe'
- Sing,
- Singed,
- Singeing,
- Singing,
- Singingly,
- Sing-sing,
- Kobus sing-sing,
- Part singing,
- Singing bird,
- Singing book,
- Singing falcon,
- Singing fish,
- Singing flame,
- Singing hawk,
- Singing master,
- Singing school,
- To sing placebo,
- a capella singing,
- a cappella singing,
- gospel singing,
- scat singing,
- sing along,
- singing voice,
- To hear a bird sing,
- part-singing,
- sight-sing,
- sing-kwa