Scorch

Quick meaning: Scorch is a noun meaning A slight or surface burn.

Meaning

A slight or surface burn.

More Meanings

1. A discolouration caused by heat.
2. (phytopathology) Brown discoloration on the leaves of plants caused by heat, lack of water or by fungi.
3. (transitive) To burn the surface of something so as to discolour it
4. (transitive) To wither, parch or destroy something by heat or fire, especially to make land or buildings unusable to an enemy
5. (ergative) (To cause) to become scorched or singed
6. (intransitive) To move at high speed (so as to leave scorch marks on the ground, physically or figuratively).
7. To burn; to destroy by, or as by, fire.

Example Sentences

the fire that scorches me to death

Lashed by mad rage, and scorched by brutal fires.

Power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.

Men on cycles, lean-faced, unkempt, scorched along every country lane, shouting of unhoped deliverance, shouting to gaunt, staring figures of despair.

Word Forms

• scorches
• scorching
• scorched

Synonyms for scorch

Depending on context, synonyms include singe, char, parch, blacken, swinge, sear.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include singe, parch, blacken, char, swinge, sear.

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