scald
verb (used with object)
to burn or affect painfully with or as if with hot liquid or steam.
have scalded
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present perfectof scald.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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I am a terrible props mistress and may have scalded myself.
From New York Times ● Apr. 16, 2020
Bread will surely fail to rise at all if you have scalded the yeast; the water must never be too hot.
From Culture and Cooking Art in the Kitchen by Catherine Owen
The War Kettle boiled so long, that it would have scalded all the Five Nations had it continued; but now it is overset, and turned upside down, and a firm Peace made.
From The History of the Five Indian Nations of Canada Part I, Part II by Cadwallader Colden
They must have scalded his rugged cheeks as molten metal scalds a sand-pit.
From Tides of Barnegat by Francis Hopkinson Smith
"Sure you must have scalded yourself; for you poured the kettle straight over your hand, and it boiling!—O deear; to think of so young a gentleman's hand shaking so like my own."
From Tales and Novels — Volume 06 by Maria Edgeworth
