To scorch is to burn something fiercely, to the point where its surface your face, prairie grass, a steak on the grill chars or otherwise changes color.
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;
Noun
a discoloration caused by heat
Noun
a plant disease that produces a browning or scorched appearance of plant tissues
Noun
a surface burn
Verb
become scorched or singed under intense heat or dry conditions; "The exposed tree scorched in the hot sun"
Verb
make very hot and dry; "The heat scorched the countryside"
Verb
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"
Verb
destroy completely by or as if by fire; "The wildfire scorched the forest and several homes"; "the invaders scorched the land"
Verb
become superficially burned; "my eyebrows singed when I bent over the flames"
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.
v. t.
To affect painfully with heat, or as with heat; to dry
up with heat; to affect as by heat.
v. t.
To burn; to destroy by, or as by, fire.
v. i.
To be burnt on the surface; to be parched; to be dried
up.
v. i.
To burn or be burnt.
Scorch
Summer drouth or singed air never scorch thy tresses fair.2.
Lashed by mad rage, and scorched by brutal fires.3.
Power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.
The fire that scorches me to death.
Scorch
Scatter a little mungy straw or fern amongst your seedlings, to prevent the roots from scorching.2.
he laid his long forefinger on the scarlet letter, which forthwith seemed to scoch into Hester's breast, as if it had been red hot.
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;
To be burnt on the surface; to be parched; to be dried up.
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