singed

[sinjd]

adjective

1. slightly or superficially burned; scorched.

   He suffered some singed whiskers from all the heat and smoke, but otherwise was miraculously unharmed.

2. (of a carcass) subjected to flame in order to remove hair, bristles, feathers, etc..

   Using a knife, the butcher scrubbed the crust off the singed carcass of a pig.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of singe.

Other Word Forms

• unsinged adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of singed¹

singe ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

A flaming splinter from the burning plane had struck his backpack, singed his trousers and scorched his hand.

From BBC

He walked down a side street, pointing out the singed remains of houses that he said were torched by Bedouins and government-linked fighters.

From Los Angeles Times

Where the aged tree’s limbs once exploded into violet, singed branches crisscrossed in colorless sterility like an unfinished painting.

From Los Angeles Times

A few hydrangeas were singed five feet from the walls of house, but the home was unscathed.

From Los Angeles Times

Twelve attendees — including an 82-year-old woman who lost her home in the fire — stretched out their mats on the green grass beneath a singed eucalyptus tree.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• charred 
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