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Overview of verb scorch

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")


Overview of adj scorching

The adj scorching has 1 sense


  • scorching -- (hot and dry enough to burn or parch a surface; "scorching heat")


Overview of adv scorching

The adv scorching has 1 sense


  • scorching -- (capable of causing burns; "it was scorching hot")