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Scorch

/skɔːtʃ/

A slight or surface burn.

📖 Definitions of "Scorch"

noun
  1. 1

    A slight or surface burn.

  2. 2

    A discolouration caused by heat.

  3. 3

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

verb
  1. 1

    To burn the surface of something so as to discolour it

  2. 2

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

  3. 3

    (To cause) to become scorched or singed

  4. 4

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

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