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Definition of 'singe' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.t.) singe
to burn superficially or slightly; scorch.

2.  singe
to burn the ends, nap, or the like, of (hair, cloth, etc.).

3.  singe
to subject (a carcass) to flame in order to remove hair, bristles, feathers, etc.

4. (n.) singe
a superficial burn.

5.  singe
the act of singeing.

Etymology:  (bef. 1000; ME sengen (v.), OE sencgan, c. OFris senga, OS

Definition of 'singe' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) scorch, singe
a surface burn

2. (verb) singe, swinge
burn superficially or lightly
"I singed my eyebrows"

3. (verb) scorch, sear, singe
become superficially burned
"my eyebrows singed when I bent over the flames"


Definition of 'singe' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) singe
a burning of the surface; a slight burn

2. (verb) singe
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

3. (verb) singe
to remove the nap of (cloth), by passing it rapidly over a red-hot bar, or over a flame, preliminary to dyeing it

4. (verb) singe
to remove the hair or down from (a plucked chicken or the like) by passing it over a flame


Translation of 'singe' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to (cause to) burn on the surface; to scorch
She singed her dress by pressing it with too hot an iron.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: skroei Arabic flag Arabic: يَحْرِق Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: опърлям
Brazilian flag Brazilian: chamuscar Czech flag Czech: připálit, opálit German flag German: versengen
Danish flag Danish: svide Greek flag Greek: καψαλίζω Spanish flag Spanish: chamuscar
Estonian flag Estonian: kõrvetama Farsi flag Farsi: از رو سوختن Finnish flag Finnish: kärventää
French flag French: roussir Hebrew flag Hebrew: לַחֲרוֹך Hindi flag Hindi: झुलसना, झुलसाना
Croatian flag Croatian: opržiti, oprljiti Hungarian flag Hungarian: megperzsel Indonesian flag Indonesian: menghanguskan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: svíða Italian flag Italian: bruciare, bruciacchiare Japanese flag Japanese: 焦がす
Korean flag Korean: 겉을 조금 태우다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: (nu)svilinti, pradeginti, Latvian flag Latvian: apsvilināt
Malay flag Malay: menyebabkan sesuatu terba Dutch flag Dutch: schroeien Norwegian flag Norwegian: svi
Polish flag Polish: przypalać (się) Persian flag Persian: از رو سوختن Pashto flag Pashto: الييل، الوى كول (بهرنۍ بر
Portuguese flag Portuguese: chamuscar Romanian flag Romanian: a arde, a pârli Russian flag Russian: (под)палить
Slovak flag Slovak: pripáliť, spáliť Slovenian flag Slovenian: ožgati (se) Serbian flag Serbian: oprljiti se
Swedish flag Swedish: sveda, bränna Thai flag Thai: ทำให้ไหม้ Turkish flag Turkish: alazlamak
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: (使)燒焦,烤焦 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: обпалювати, палити Urdu flag Urdu: ہلکا سا چرکا کھانا، جل جا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: làm cháy xém Chinese flag Chinese: 烤焦

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