scald
verb (used with object)
to burn or affect painfully with or as if with hot liquid or steam.
scalded
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past participleof scald.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof scald.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
scaldverb (used with object)to burn or affect painfully with or as if with hot liquid or steam.
Example Sentences
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A South Los Angeles woman is suing Starbucks for negligence after she claims she was scalded at a drive-through window in Lynwood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2024
However, another called it a "vey good decision", saying they had always been "nervous" that they would be scalded.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2024
An estimated 100,000 children scalded yearly by hot food and beverages.
From Salon ● Dec. 29, 2023
So hot that you could be scalded by the first blast of sunbaked water to come out of the garden hose.
From Slate ● Aug. 1, 2023
Of course, every cat behaved like that, but all the same Will felt such a longing for home that tears scalded his eyes.
From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman
