scorch

noun · verbA2

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

scorches

1.
(countable, uncountable)A slight or surface burn.
2.
(countable, uncountable)A discolouration caused by heat.
3.
(countable, uncountable)(phytopathology) Brown discoloration on the leaves of plants caused by heat, lack of water or by fungi.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

scorches

V_ing/Gerund

scorching

V_ed/pp

scorched

1.
(transitive)To burn the surface of something so as to discolour it
2.
(transitive)To wither, parch or destroy something by heat or fire, especially to make land or buildings unusable to an enemy
3.
(ergative)(To cause) to become scorched or singed
4.
(intransitive)To move at high speed (so as to leave scorch marks on the ground, physically or figuratively).
5.
To burn; to destroy by, or as by, fire.
6.
(transitive)To attack with bitter sarcasm or virulence.
7.
(colloquial, dated, intransitive)To ride a bicycle furiously on a public highway.

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singeslight burn singe

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From Middle English scorchen, scorcnen (to make dry; parch), perhaps an alteration of earlier *scorpnen, from Old Norse skorpna (to shrivel up).