Definition of scorch Scorch
/skɔˈɹʧ/ - [skorch] - scorch
We found 22 definitions of scorch from 5 different sources.
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NounPlural: scorches |
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| scorch - a surface burn | ||
| singe | ||
| burn damage inflicted by fire | ||
| scorch - a discoloration caused by heat | ||
| discoloration, discolouration, stain the act of changing the natural color of something by making it duller or dingier or unnatural or faded | ||
| scorch - a plant disease that produces a browning or scorched appearance of plant tissues | ||
| plant disease a disease that affects plants | ||
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| scorch - become superficially burned; "my eyebrows singed when I bent over the flames" | ||
| sear, singe | ||
| combust, burn cause to become violent or angry; "Riots combusted Pakistan after the U.S. air attacks on Afghanistan" | ||
| scorch - destroy completely by or as if by fire; "The wildfire scorched the forest and several homes"; "the invaders scorched the land" | ||
| burn down, fire, burn burn completely; be consumed or destroyed by fire; "The hut burned down"; "The mountain of paper went up in flames" | ||
| scorch - become scorched or singed under intense heat or dry conditions; "The exposed tree scorched in the hot sun" | ||
| dry, dry out remove the moisture from and make dry; "dry clothes"; "dry hair" | ||
| scorch - make very hot and dry; "The heat scorched the countryside" | ||
| sear | ||
| heat up, heat make more intense; "Emotions were screwed up" | ||
| sizzle burn or sear with a sizzling sound; "The fat sizzled in the pan" | ||
| scorch - 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" | ||
| char, blacken, sear | ||
| burn burn with heat, fire, or radiation; "The iron burnt a hole in my dress" | ||
| cookery, cooking, preparation the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" | ||
| swinge, singe burn superficially or lightly; "I singed my eyebrows" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- scorch (Noun)
A slight or surface burn. - scorch (Noun)
A discolouration caused by heat. - scorch (Noun)
Brown discoloration on the leaves of plants caused by heat, lack of water or by fungi. - scorch (Verb)
To burn the surface of something so as to discolour it. - scorch (Verb)
To wither, parch or destroy something by heat or fire, especially to make land or buildings unusable to an enemy. - scorch (Verb)
To become scorched or singed. - scorch (Verb)
To move at high speed.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- scorch (v. t.)
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. - scorch (v. t.)
To affect painfully with heat, or as with heat; to dry up with heat; to affect as by heat. - scorch (v. t.)
To burn; to destroy by, or as by, fire. - scorch (v. i.)
To be burnt on the surface; to be parched; to be dried up. - scorch (v. i.)
To burn or be burnt.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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scorch
skorch, v.t. to burn slightly: to roast highly: to affect painfully with heat: to singe: to attack with virulence.—v.i. to be burned on the surface: to be dried up: (slang) to ride a bicycle furiously on a public highway.—ns. Scorched′-car′pet, -wing, British geometrid moths; Scorch′er, anything that scorches, a very caustic rebuke, criticism, &c.: one who rides a bicycle furiously on a road; Scorch′ing.—p.adj. burning superficially: bitterly sarcastic, scathing.—adv. Scorch′ingly.—n. Scorch′ingness. [O. Fr. escorcher, from Low L. excorticare—L. ex, off, cortex, corticis, bark; or prob. Scand., Norw. skrekka, to shrink.]
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