Definition of scald Scald
/skɔˈld/ - [skold] - scald
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NounPlural: scalds |
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| scald - the act of burning with steam or hot water | ||
| burn damage inflicted by fire | ||
| scald - a burn cause by hot liquid or steam | ||
| burn damage inflicted by fire | ||
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| scald - burn with a hot liquid or steam; "She scalded her hands when she turned on the faucet and hot water came out" | ||
| burn burn with heat, fire, or radiation; "The iron burnt a hole in my dress" | ||
| scald - heat to the boiling point; "scald the milk" | ||
| heat up, heat make more intense; "Emotions were screwed up" | ||
| scald - treat with boiling water; "scald tomatoes so that they can be peeled" | ||
| process, treat subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition; "process cheese"; "process hair"; "treat the water so it can be drunk"; "treat the lawn with chemicals" ; "treat an oil spill" | ||
| scald - subject to harsh criticism; "The Senator blistered the administration in his speech on Friday"; "the professor scaled the students"; "your invectives scorched the community" | ||
| blister, whip | ||
| lash out, assail, assault, snipe, attack, round attack someone physically or emotionally; "The mugger assaulted the woman"; "Nightmares assailed him regularly" | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- scald (v. t.)
To burn with hot liquid or steam; to pain or injure by contact with, or immersion in, any hot fluid; as, to scald the hand. - scald (v. t.)
To expose to a boiling or violent heat over a fire, or in hot water or other liquor; as, to scald milk or meat. - scald (n.)
A burn, or injury to the skin or flesh, by some hot liquid, or by steam. - scald (a.)
Affected with the scab; scabby. - scald (a.)
Scurvy; paltry; as, scald rhymers. - scald (n.)
Scurf on the head. See Scall. - scald (n.)
One of the ancient Scandinavian poets and historiographers; a reciter and singer of heroic poems, eulogies, etc., among the Norsemen; more rarely, a bard of any of the ancient Teutonic tribes.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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scald
To burn oneself through contact with hot or boiling liquid. -
scald
To burn through contact with hot or boiling liquid.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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scald
skawld, v.t. to burn with hot liquid: to cook slightly, as fruit, in hot water or steam: to cleanse thoroughly by rinsing with very hot water.—n. a burn caused by hot liquid.—ns. Scald′er, one who scalds vessels: a pot for scalding; Scald′-fish, a marine flat fish; Scald′ing, things scalded; Scald′-rag, a nickname for a dyer.—Scalding hot, so hot as to scald. [O. Fr. escalder (Fr. échauder)—Low L. excaldāre, to bathe in warm water—ex, from, calidus, warm, hot.] -
scald
Skald, skald, n. one of the ancient Scandinavian poets.—adj. Scald′ic, relating to, or composed by, the Scalds. [Ice. skáld.] -
scald
skawld, n. scurf on the head.—adj. scurfy, paltry, poor.—ns. Scald′berry, the blackberry; Scald′-crow, the hooded crow; Scald′-head, a fungous parasitic disease of the scalp, favus. [Scall.]
Proverbs DictionaryProverbs Dictionary 📗
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scald
Scald not your lips in another man's pottage.
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