Dictionary Entry
scorch
scorch is a 6-letter English word with 13 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To burn superficially; to parch, or shrivel, the surface of, by heat; to subject to so much heat as changes color and texture without consuming; as, to scorch linen. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 14 · 13 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To burn superficially; to parch, or shrivel, the surface of, by heat; to subject to so much heat as changes color and texture without consuming; as, to scorch linen.
- 2transitive verb
To affect painfully with heat, or as with heat; to dry up with heat; to affect as by heat.
- 3transitive verb
To burn; to destroy by, or as by, fire.
- 4intransitive verb
To be burnt on the surface; to be parched; to be dried up.
- 5intransitive verb
To burn or be burnt.
- 6noun
a discoloration caused by heat
- 7noun
a plant disease that produces a browning or scorched appearance of plant tissues
- 8noun
a surface burn
Synonyms
- 9verb
become scorched or singed under intense heat or dry conditions
"The exposed tree scorched in the hot sun"
- 10verb
make very hot and dry
"The heat scorched the countryside"
Synonyms
- 11verb
burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color
"The cook blackened the chicken breast"
"The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece"
- 12verb
destroy completely by or as if by fire
"The wildfire scorched the forest and several homes"
"the invaders scorched the land"
- 13verb
become superficially burned
"my eyebrows singed when I bent over the flames"
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