Scorch

What do we mean by scorch?

To burn superficially so as to discolor or damage the texture of. synonym: burn. intransitive verb

To dry out or wither with intense heat. intransitive verb

To destroy (land and buildings) by fire or military action so as to leave nothing salvageable to an enemy army. intransitive verb

To subject to severe censure; excoriate. intransitive verb

To become scorched or singed. intransitive verb

To go or move at a very fast, often excessively fast rate. intransitive verb

A slight or surface burn. noun

Brown spotting on plant leaves caused by pathogens, heat, or lack of water. noun

To ride very fast on a bicycle or in a motor-car.

To burn superficially; subject to a degree of heat that changes the color, or both the color and the texture, of the surface; parch or shrivel up the surface of by heat; singe.

To burn or consume, as by the direct application of fire.

To give the sensation of burning; affect with a sensation or an effect similar to that produced by burning; figuratively, to attack with caustic invective or sarcasm.

Synonyms Scorch, Singe, Sear, Char. Parch. To scorch is to burn superficially or slightly, but so as to change the color or injure the texture; sometimes, from the common effect of heat, the word suggests shriveling or curling, but not generally. Singe is one degree more external than scorch; we speak of singeing the hair and scorching the skin; a fowl is singed to remove the hairs after plucking out the feathers. Sear has primary reference to drying, but more commonly to hardening, by heat, as by cauterization; hence its figurative use, as when we speak of seared sensibilities, a seared conscience, heat not being thought of as a part of the figure. To char is to reduce to carbon or a black cinder, especially on the surface: when a timber is charred it is burned black on the outside and to an uncertain depth. Parch has a possible meaning of burning superficially or roasting, as in parched corn or peanuts, but almost always refers to drying or shriveling.

To be burned on the surface; become parched or dried up.

To be burnt on the surface; to be parched; to be dried up. intransitive verb

To burn or be burnt. intransitive verb

To ride or drive at great, usually at excessive, speed; -- applied chiefly to automobilists and bicyclists. Colloq. intransitive verb

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. transitive verb

To affect painfully with heat, or as with heat; to dry up with heat; to affect as by heat. transitive verb

To burn; to destroy by, or as by, fire. transitive verb

A slight or surface burn.

A discolouration caused by heat.

Brown discoloration on the leaves of plants caused by heat, lack of water or by fungi.

Words that are spelled similarly to scorch:
scorch, scotch, scooch, scorce, storch, corch, scarch.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word scorch:
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Words that rhyme with scorch:
torch, porch, blowtorch, front porch, sun porch, back porch, dortch, foertsch.

Adjectives that are often used to describe scorch:
sun, marginal, leaf, black, dry, brown, severe, red, slight, light, accidental, fire, yellow, hot, merest, permanent, bacterial, wild, adust, strawberry, sultry.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective scorch:
marks, time, mark, zone, burn, injury, results.

Words that sound like scorch:
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