SkyfireDict

scorch   (TTS Sound)

The noun scorch has 3 senses

• scorch, singe -- (a surface burn)


• scorch -- (a plant disease that produces a browning or scorched appearance of plant tissues)


• scorch -- (a discoloration caused by heat)

The verb scorch has 5 senses

• sear, scorch -- (make very hot and dry; "The heat scorched the countryside")


• scorch, sear, singe -- (become superficially burned; "my eyebrows singed when I bent over the flames")


• scorch -- (destroy completely by or as if by fire; "The wildfire scorched the forest and several homes"; "the invaders scorched the land")


• char, blacken, sear, 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")


• scorch -- (become scorched or singed under intense heat or dry conditions; "The exposed tree scorched in the hot sun")