SCORCH
\skˈɔːt͡ʃ], \skˈɔːtʃ], \s_k_ˈɔː_tʃ]\
Definitions of SCORCH
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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censor and criticize sharply and harshly; "scorching remarks"
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a discoloration caused by heat
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make very hot and dry; "The heat scorched the countryside"
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become superficially burned; "my eyebrows singed when I bent over the flames"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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a discoloration caused by heat
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make very hot and dry; "The heat scorched the countryside"
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become superficially burned; "my eyebrows singed when I bent over the flames"
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a plant disease that produces a browning or scorched appearance of plant tissues
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become scorched or singed under intense heat or dry conditions; "The exposed tree scorched in the hot sun"
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destroy completely by or as if by fire; "The wildfire scorched the forest and several homes"; "the invaders scorched the land"
By Princeton University
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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.
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To affect painfully with heat, or as with heat; to dry up with heat; to affect as by heat.
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To burn; to destroy by, or as by, fire.
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To be burnt on the surface; to be parched; to be dried up.
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To burn or be burnt.
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To ride or drive at great, usually at excessive, speed; - applied chiefly to automobilists and bicyclists. [Colloq.]
By Oddity Software
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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.
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To affect painfully with heat, or as with heat; to dry up with heat; to affect as by heat.
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To burn; to destroy by, or as by, fire.
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To be burnt on the surface; to be parched; to be dried up.
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To burn or be burnt.
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To ride or drive at great, usually at excessive, speed; - applied chiefly to automobilists and bicyclists. [Colloq.]
By Noah Webster.
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To burn slightly; parch; affect painfully with heat.
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To be burned slightly; colloquially, to go at high speed on a bicycle or in a motor car.
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Scorchingly.
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Scorcher.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
