parch
verb (used with object)
to make extremely, excessively, or completely dry, as heat, sun, and wind do.
is parching
-
present progressiveof parch (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
In addition, a severe drought is parching Italy.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 17, 2022
The big rains that have soaked parts of Nevada, Utah and Colorado in the last month have provided a brief and perhaps misleading sense of relief from the drought that is parching the West.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2015
Still, he and other leading scientists warned against concluding that the greenhouse effect is directly responsible for the heat wave that is parching areas of the U.S.
From Time Magazine Archive
He is stooping over the fire, with a small but long-handled frying-pan, in which he is parching the coffee.
From The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire by Mayne Reid
In a horror he discovers that even pounded ice will not stay down—and he is parching like Dives.
From The Opium Habit by Horace B. Day
