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scorch

/skɔːtʃ/

noun

Meaning

  • A slight or surface burn.

  • A discolouration caused by heat.

  • Brown discoloration on the leaves of plants caused by heat, lack of water or by fungi.

Synonyms

singe

verb

Meaning

  • To burn the surface of something so as to discolour it

  • To wither, parch or destroy something by heat or fire, especially to make land or buildings unusable to an enemy

  • (To cause) to become scorched or singed

  • To move at high speed (so as to leave scorch marks on the ground, physically or figuratively).

  • To burn; to destroy by, or as by, fire.

  • To attack with bitter sarcasm or virulence.

  • To ride a bicycle furiously on a public highway.