scorch
[ skawrch ]
/ skɔrtʃ /
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verb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
to become scorched: Milk scorches easily.
Informal. to travel or drive at high speed: The car scorched along the highway.
noun
a superficial burn.
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Origin of scorch
1400–50; late Middle English scorchen, perhaps blend of scorcnen (<Scandinavian; compare Old Norse skorpna to shrivel) and torch1
synonym study for scorch
1. See burn1.
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British Dictionary definitions for scorch
scorch
/ (skɔːtʃ) /
verb
noun
Derived forms of scorch
scorching, adjectiveWord Origin for scorch
C15: probably from Old Norse skorpna to shrivel up
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