Definition of parches Parches
We found 1 definitions of parches from 1 different sources.
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What does parches mean?
Part of speech
🔤- parches, verb, present, 3rd person singular of parch (infinitive).
WordNet
Wiktionary 
- parch (Noun)
The condition of being parched. - parch (Verb)
To burn the surface of, to scorch. - parch (Verb)
To roast, as dry grain. - parch (Verb)
To dry to extremity; to shrivel with heat. - parch (Verb)
To become thirsty. - parch (Verb)
To boil something slowly Still used in Lancashire in parched peas , a type of mushy peas . - parch (Verb)
To become superficially burnt; be become sunburned.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- parch (v. t.)
To burn the surface of; to scorch; to roast over the fire, as dry grain; as, to parch the skin; to parch corn. - parch (v. t.)
To dry to extremity; to shrivel with heat; as, the mouth is parched from fever. - parch (v. i.)
To become scorched or superficially burnt; to be very dry.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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parch
pärch, v.t. to burn slightly: to scorch.—v.i. to be scorched: to become very dry.—adj. Parched, scorched.—adv. Parch′edly.—n. Parch′edness. [M. E. parchen, either a variety of per(s)chen=peris(c)hen, to kill, or from perchen, to pierce.]
Part of speech
🔤- parch, verb, present, 1st person singular of parch (infinitive).
- parch, verb (infinitive).
