Definition of singe Singe
/sΙͺΛnΚ€/ - [sinj] - singe
We found 12 definitions of singe from 5 different sources.
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What does singe mean?
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| singe - burn superficially or lightly; "I singed my eyebrows" | ||
| swinge | ||
| blacken, char, sear, scorch make or become black; "The smoke blackened the ceiling"; "The ceiling blackened" | ||
| singe - become superficially burned; "my eyebrows singed when I bent over the flames" | ||
| scorch, sear | ||
| combust, burn cause to become violent or angry; "Riots combusted Pakistan after the U.S. air attacks on Afghanistan" | ||
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- singe (Noun)
A burning of the surface; a slight burn. - singe (Verb)
To burn slightly. - singe (Verb)
To remove the nap of cloth, by passing it rapidly over a red-hot bar, or over a flame, preliminary to dyeing it. - singe (Verb)
To remove the hair or down from a plucked chicken, etc. by passing it over a flame.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary π
- singe (v. t.)
To burn slightly or superficially; to burn the surface of; to burn the ends or outside of; as, to singe the hair or the skin. - singe (v. t.)
To remove the nap of (cloth), by passing it rapidly over a red-hot bar, or over a flame, preliminary to dyeing it. - singe (v. t.)
To remove the hair or down from (a plucked chicken or the like) by passing it over a flame. - singe (n.)
A burning of the surface; a slight burn.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary π
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singe
sinj, v.t. to burn on the surface: to scorch:βpr.p. singeβ²ing; pa.t. and pa.p. singed.βn. a burning of the surface: a slight burn.βSinged cat, a person who is better than he looks. [A.S. besengan, the causative of singan, to sing, from the singing noise produced by scorching.]
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