Australian English Meaning of scorch
scorch
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Definitions and Meaning of scorch in English
scorch (n)
a surface burn
a plant disease that produces a browning or scorched appearance of plant tissues
a discoloration caused by heat
scorch (v)
make very hot and dry
become superficially burned
destroy completely by or as if by fire
burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color
become scorched or singed under intense heat or dry conditions
scorch (v. t.)
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.
scorch (v. i.)
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.]
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a surface burn, a plant disease that produces a browning or scorched appearance of plant tissues, a discoloration caused by heat, make very hot and dry, become
Bake,char,sledging,fire,ignite,incinerate,light,sear,cremate,Inflaming
bathe,douse,soak,drown,flood,hydrate,inundate,saturate,soak,wash
scorce => Score, scorbutus => Scurvy, scorbutical => scorbutic, scorbutic => Scorbutic., scorbute => Scurvy,
