About The Word Scorch
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Scorch Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Scorch?
[n] a discoloration caused by heat
[n] a surface burn [v] cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat; "The sun parched the earth" [v] make very hot and dry; "The heat scorched the countryside" [v] 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" [v] destroy completely by or as if by fire; "The wildfire scorched the forest and several homes" [v] become superficially burned; "my eyebrows singed when I bent over the flames" [v] censor and criticize sharply and harshly; "scorching remarks" Synonyms | Synonyms for Scorch: blacken | char | parch | sear | singe Related Terms | Find terms related to Scorch: See Also | burn | burn | burn down | combust | criticise | criticize | discoloration | discolouration | dry | dry out | fire | heat | heat up | pick apart | singe | sizzle | stain | swinge Scorch In Webster's Dictionary \Scorch\, v. i.
To ride or drive at great, usually at excessive, speed; --
applied chiefly to automobilists and bicyclists. [Colloq.] --
{Scorch"er}, n. [Colloq.]
\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. Summer drouth or sing[`e]d air Never scorch thy tresses fair. --Milton. 2. To affect painfully with heat, or as with heat; to dry up with heat; to affect as by heat. Lashed by mad rage, and scorched by brutal fires. --Prior. 3. To burn; to destroy by, or as by, fire. Power was given unto him to scorch men with fire. --Rev. xvi. 8. The fire that scorches me to death. --Dryden. \Scorch\, v. i. 1. To be burnt on the surface; to be parched; to be dried up. Scatter a little mungy straw or fern amongst your seedlings, to prevent the roots from scorching. --Mortimer. 2. To burn or be burnt. 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. |
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