singe
verb (used with object)
to burn superficially or slightly; scorch.
Example Sentences
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The fried chicken is typically coated in a mixture of cayenne and paprika that singes the tongue.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2025
In an Aug. 12 inspection, Mr. Nimz found no major signs of char, cracks or singes to the main trunk or most of the tree’s more than 40 aerial roots.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 20, 2023
Then there’s the Chinatown-inspired chicken with cashews, smoky from the wok, which also singes the onions and ginkgo nuts in the assembly.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 22, 2022
Kyrgios beats Rafa, actual pain singes my neural pathways.
From Golf Digest ● Jan. 27, 2020
Surely with a score of your friends standing by, you would have been hauled out immediately, none the worse except for a few singes and a burn or two.
From Through Russian Snows A Story of Napoleon's Retreat from Moscow by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
