Parch

What do we mean by parch?

To make extremely dry, especially by exposure to heat: synonym: dry. intransitive verb

To dry or roast (corn, for example) by exposing to heat. intransitive verb

To become very dry. intransitive verb

To expose to the strong action of fire, but without burning; roast (vegetable produce especially) partially by rapid expulsion of moisture.

To dry up; dry to extremity or to the point of burning: as, the sun's rays parch the ground; parched with thirst.

Synonyms Singe, Sear, etc. See scorch.

To become very dry; be scorched.

To become scorched or superficially burnt; to be very dry. intransitive verb

To burn the surface of; to scorch; to roast over the fire, as dry grain transitive verb

To dry to extremity; to shrivel with heat. transitive verb

To burn the surface of, to scorch. verb

To roast, as dry grain. verb

To dry to extremity; to shrivel with heat. verb

To become thirsty. verb

To boil something slowly (Still used in Lancashire in parched peas, a type of mushy peas). verb

To become superficially burnt; be become sunburned. verb

Cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat verb

The condition of being parched.

Words that are spelled similarly to parch:
parch, arch, patch, perch, march, porch, larch, pirch, parc, pasch, panch, eparch, garch, barch, darch, pearch, narch, purch, parcs, parth, -arch, karch, harch, pach, parah, parco, parca, parce, zarch, partch, poarch, sarch, tarch, parcc.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word parch:
kola, dar, sar, rural, iran, marks, district, village, province, census, county, spanish, central, known, game.

Words that rhyme with parch:
arch, march, starch, demarche, larch, cornstarch, arch-, dead march, corbel arch, lancet arch, gothic arch, bartsch, pointed arch, keel arch, american larch, black larch, hunger march, quick march, funeral march, horseshoe arch, gill arch, rampant arch, roman arch, triumphal arch, aortic arch, shouldered arch, drop arch, flat arch, pelvic arch, trimmer arch, broken arch, tudor arch, alveolar arch, fallen arch, neural arch, siberian larch, animal starch, line of march, pectoral arch, skew arch, military march, camber arch, european larch, oregon larch, protest march, diminished arch, golden larch, moorish arch, round arch, semicircular arch, western larch, pier arch, processional march, scheme arch, bell arch, safety arch, skeen arch, straight arch, partch, sunken arch, trumpet arch, karcz, skene arch.

Adjectives that are often used to describe parch:
first, old, cofiant, whole, better, unmixed.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective parch:
marks, corn, pastor.

Consonant match to parch:
porch, partch.

Words that sound like parch:
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