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- Dictionaryscorched/skɔːtʃt/
adjective
- 1. burned by flames or heat: "the suburbs resembled a battlefield with row after row of burned-out homes and the scorched remains of cars"
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slightly burned, or damaged by fire or heat: The countryside was scorched after several weeks of hot sun. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. having the liquid removed. dry Is the washing dry yet, or should we leave it in the tumble dryer a bit longer? bone-dry The dog's water dish was bone dry.
: parched or discolored by scorching. Examples of scorched in a Sentence. Recent Examples on the Web Last week, Simcha Graiman, a worker with Zaka, a volunteer Israeli rescue organization, scraped a scorched home in Kibbutz Holit for ashes.
a slight burn, or a mark caused by burning: The fire left scorch marks halfway up the wall. Just cook it enough to get the grill marks and a little scorch here and there. More examples. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. (Definition of scorch from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
to affect the color, taste, etc., of by burning slightly: The collar of the shirt was yellow where the iron had scorched it. Synonyms: blister, char. to parch or shrivel with heat: The sun scorched the grass. to criticize severely. Synonyms: condemn, excoriate.
Define scorched. scorched synonyms, scorched pronunciation, scorched translation, English dictionary definition of scorched. v. scorched , scorch·ing , scorch·es v. tr. 1. To burn superficially so as to discolor or damage the texture of. See Synonyms at burn1. 2. To dry out or...
1. : to burn a surface of so as to change its color and texture. 2. a. : to dry or shrivel with or as if with intense heat : parch. b. : to afflict painfully with censure or sarcasm. 3. : devastate. especially : to destroy (something, such as property of possible use to an advancing enemy) before abandoning used in the phrase scorched earth.
If something scorches or is scorched, it becomes marked or changes colour because it is affected by too much heat or by a chemical.
