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censor and criticize sharply and harshly; "scorching remarks"

a discoloration caused by heat

make very hot and dry; "The heat scorched the countryside"

become superficially burned; "my eyebrows singed when I bent over the flames"

a discoloration caused by heat

make very hot and dry; "The heat scorched the countryside"

become superficially burned; "my eyebrows singed when I bent over the flames"

a plant disease that produces a browning or scorched appearance of plant tissues

become scorched or singed under intense heat or dry conditions; "The exposed tree scorched in the hot sun"

destroy completely by or as if by fire; "The wildfire scorched the forest and several homes"; "the invaders scorched the land"

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.

To affect painfully with heat, or as with heat; to dry up with heat; to affect as by heat.

To burn; to destroy by, or as by, fire.

To be burnt on the surface; to be parched; to be dried up.

To burn or be burnt.

To ride or drive at great, usually at excessive, speed; - applied chiefly to automobilists and bicyclists. [Colloq.]

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.

To affect painfully with heat, or as with heat; to dry up with heat; to affect as by heat.

To burn; to destroy by, or as by, fire.

To be burnt on the surface; to be parched; to be dried up.

To burn or be burnt.

To ride or drive at great, usually at excessive, speed; - applied chiefly to automobilists and bicyclists. [Colloq.]

To burn slightly; parch; affect painfully with heat.

To be burned slightly; colloquially, to go at high speed on a bicycle or in a motor car.

Scorchingly.

Scorcher.

To burn slightly: to roast highly: to affect painfully with heat.

A superficial or slight burn.

To burn slightly or on the surface.