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Scorch   /skɔrtʃ/   Listen
Scorch

verb
(past & past part. scorched; pres. part. scorching)
1.
Make very hot and dry.  Synonym: sear.
2.
Become superficially burned.  Synonyms: sear, singe.
3.
Destroy completely by or as if by fire.  "The invaders scorched the land"
4.
Burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color.  Synonyms: blacken, char, sear.  "The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece" , "The flames scorched the ceiling"
5.
Become scorched or singed under intense heat or dry conditions.
noun
1.
A surface burn.  Synonym: singe.
2.
A plant disease that produces a browning or scorched appearance of plant tissues.
3.
A discoloration caused by heat.



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"Scorch" Quotes from Famous Books



... scorn Could tread them out to darkness utterly, It might be well perhaps. But if instead Thou wait beside me for the wind to blow The grey dust up, ... those laurels on thine head, O my Beloved, will not shield thee so, That none of all the fires shall scorch and shred The hair beneath. ...
— The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume IV • Elizabeth Barrett Browning
... women resort to physical argument: in his world of the East End it was quite common, but he was rather surprised to see a "young lady" do it. Nor had they ever imagined it possible for such a blaze of anger to scorch anyone as shone in her eyes, vibrated in her voice as she loosed him, quite breathless, propped him against the ...
— Captivity • M. Leonora Eyles
... and rode back up the trail. The glances of these ruffians seemed to scorch her with the reality of her appearance. She wore a disguise, but her womanhood was more manifest in it than in her feminine garb. It attracted the bold glances of these men. If there were any possible decency among them, this outrageous bandit costume ...
— The Border Legion • Zane Grey
... the keen sting of him scorch up the land? Hath not the young bread of our bellies been slain? I, Bakahenzie, have seen it! have ...
— Witch-Doctors • Charles Beadle
... skolastika. School lernejo. Schoolfellow kunlernanto. Schoolmaster lernejestro, instruisto. Science scienco. Scientific scienca. Scintillate brileti. Scissors tondilo. Scoff moki. Scold riprocxegi. Scoop kulerego. Scorbutic skorbuta. Scorch bruleti. Score dudeko. Scorn malestimo. Scorpion skorpio. Scotchman Skoto. Scoundrel kanajlo. Scour frotlavi. Scourge skurgxi. Scout antauxmarsxanto, antaux rajdanto. Scowl sulkegigxi. Scramble up suprenrampi. Scrap peceto. Scrape skrapi. Scrapings skrapajxo. Scratch ...
— English-Esperanto Dictionary • John Charles O'Connor and Charles Frederic Hayes


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