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
"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
"My dear!" said Mrs. Houghton, "you have scalded yourself!"
From The Vehement Flame by Margaret Wade Campbell Deland
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
They must have scalded his rugged cheeks as molten metal scalds a sand-pit.
From Tides of Barnegat by Francis Hopkinson Smith
