scorch
to affect the color, taste, etc., of by burning slightly: The collar of the shirt was yellow where the iron had scorched it.
to parch or shrivel with heat: The sun scorched the grass.
to criticize severely.
Machinery. burn1 (def. 32).
to destroy (crops, towns, etc.) by or as if by fire in the path of an invading army's advance.
to become scorched: Milk scorches easily.
Informal. to travel or drive at high speed: The car scorched along the highway.
a superficial burn.
Origin of scorch
1synonym study For scorch
Other words for scorch
Opposites for scorch
Other words from scorch
- un·scorched, adjective
- well-scorched, adjective
Words Nearby scorch
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How to use scorch in a sentence
One of the reasons I did that Twitter feed is that I want the truth to come out, all the truth, so I can scorch the earth.
Porn Professor Hugo Schwyzer Comes Clean About His Twitter Meltdown and Life as a Fraud | Richard Abowitz | August 12, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd with too little bacon in the pan, not enough fat renders quickly enough and the bacon will scorch.
Speculation: The scorch might have been made by radioactivity attendant upon the resurrection.
If the scorch on the Shroud is the result of radiation, it could have been radiation that reconstituted the dead body.
Cold words freeze people, and hot words scorch them, and bitter words make them bitter, and wrathful words make them wrathful.
The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness | Florence Hartley
Losses, mistakes, discouragements and disappointments scorch with burning blisters the lining of our lives.
Tyranny of God | Joseph LewisSometimes they scorch them off their bodies by means of a lighted stick—a kind office which Yamba performed for me.
The Adventures of Louis de Rougemont | Louis de RougemontThere was a second dash upon the stove, and another scorch in the slip.
Prudy Keeping House | Sophie MayEven with a helper wouldn't you probably scorch the mutton or else burn yourself to death with the hot grease?
The Iron Puddler | James J. Davis
British Dictionary definitions for scorch
/ (skɔːtʃ) /
to burn or become burnt, so as to affect the colour, taste, etc, or to cause or feel pain
to wither or parch or cause to wither from exposure to heat
(intr) informal to be very hot: it is scorching outside
(tr) informal to criticize harshly
(intr) British slang to drive or ride very fast
a slight burn
a mark caused by the application of too great heat
horticulture a mark or series of marks on fruit, vegetables, etc, caused by pests or insecticides
Origin of scorch
1Derived forms of scorch
- scorching, adjective
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