Dictionary Entry
singe
singe is a 5-letter English word with 7 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To burn slightly or superficially; to burn the surface of; to burn the ends or outside of; as, to singe the hair or the skin. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 8 · 7 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To burn slightly or superficially; to burn the surface of; to burn the ends or outside of; as, to singe the hair or the skin.
- 2transitive verb
To remove the nap of (cloth), by passing it rapidly over a red-hot bar, or over a flame, preliminary to dyeing it.
- 3transitive verb
To remove the hair or down from (a plucked chicken or the like) by passing it over a flame.
- 4noun
A burning of the surface; a slight burn.
- 5noun
a surface burn
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- 6verb
burn superficially or lightly
"I singed my eyebrows"
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- 7verb
become superficially burned
"my eyebrows singed when I bent over the flames"
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