singed

[sinjd]

adjective

1. slightly or superficially burned; scorched.

   He suffered some singed whiskers from all the heat and smoke, but otherwise was miraculously unharmed.

2. (of a carcass) subjected to flame in order to remove hair, bristles, feathers, etc..

   Using a knife, the butcher scrubbed the crust off the singed carcass of a pig.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of singe.

Other Word Forms

• unsinged adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of singed¹

singe ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

Ms Moore said she heard her daughter screaming for help, but when the door was removed they were prevented from reaching her by fierce smoke and flames, which singed her hair.

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A flaming splinter from the burning plane had struck his backpack, singed his trousers and scorched his hand.

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He walked down a side street, pointing out the singed remains of houses that he said were torched by Bedouins and government-linked fighters.

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Where the aged tree’s limbs once exploded into violet, singed branches crisscrossed in colorless sterility like an unfinished painting.

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A few hydrangeas were singed five feet from the walls of house, but the home was unscathed.

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Related Words

• charred 
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