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

1. transitive 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.
2. transitive verb. To remove the nap of (cloth), by passing it rapidly over a red-hot bar, or over a flame, preliminary to dyeing it.
3. transitive verb. To remove the hair or down from (a plucked chicken or the like) by passing it over a flame.
4. noun. A burning of the surface; a slight burn.
5. noun. a surface burn

   Synonyms: scorch

6. verb. burn superficially or lightly

   "I singed my eyebrows"

   Synonyms: swinge

7. verb. become superficially burned

   "my eyebrows singed when I bent over the flames"

   Synonyms: scorch, sear

Synonyms

scorch, swinge, sear

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in singe:

segni, sengi

Common word forms

singed, singer, singes, singing, singeing

Words from these letters

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