About The Word Parch

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Parch

Parch Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Parch?
[v] cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat; "The sun parched the earth"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Parch: scorch | sear Related Terms | Find terms related to Parch: 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 Parch In Webster's Dictionary \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.
Ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn. --Lev.
xxiii. 14.
2. To dry to extremity; to shrivel with heat; as, the mouth
is parched from fever.
The ground below is parched. --Dryden.
\Parch\, v. i. To become scorched or superficially burnt; to be very dry. ``Parch in Afric sun.'' --Shak. |
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