scald
verb (used with object)
to burn or affect painfully with or as if with hot liquid or steam.
will scald
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future tenseof scald.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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“I think people think that a little extra sun will help their plants, but it will scald them because they are only used to being in a protected space,” Venice says.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 21, 2023
Care must be taken not to put the yeast in when the dough is hot, as it will scald it, and prevents its rising.
From The American Housewife Containing the Most Valuable and Original Receipts in all the Various Branches of Cookery; and Written in a Minute and Methodical Manner by Anonymous
And you and I will scald the wooden butter things and get everything ready.
From Understood Betsy by Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Care must be taken, not to put in the yeast when the dough is hot, as it will scald it and prevent its rising.
Those who manage the pods that float in the boiling water must be very alert, otherwise they will scald their fingers.
From Travels through France and Italy by T. (Tobias) Smollett
