Scorch

Definition:

  • (v. t.) 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.
  • (v. t.) To affect painfully with heat, or as with heat; to dry up with heat; to affect as by heat.
  • (v. t.) To burn; to destroy by, or as by, fire.
  • (v. i.) To be burnt on the surface; to be parched; to be dried up.
  • (v. i.) To burn or be burnt.

Compare scorch with other words:

scorce vs. scorch

scorch vs. scotch

scorch vs. sweal

burnt vs. scorch

scorch vs. single

kindle vs. scorch

scorch vs. sinter

blaze vs. scorch

carbonize vs. scorch

frizzle vs. scorch

scorch vs. speed

high vs. scorch

move vs. scorch

enemy vs. scorch

land vs. scorch

building vs. scorch

fire vs. scorch

heat vs. scorch

destroy vs. scorch

scorch vs. wither

scorch vs. surface

fungi vs. scorch

scorch vs. water

plant vs. scorch

leaves vs. scorch

brown vs. scorch

scorch vs. slight

char vs. scorch

scorch vs. sear

scorch vs. singe

parch vs. scorch

burn vs. scorch

scald vs. scorch