What does Scorching mean?
Definitions for Scorching
scorch·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
scorchingadverb
hot and dry enough to burn or parch a surface
"scorching heat"
scorchingadverb
capable of causing burns
"it was scorching hot"
GCIDE
Scorchingadjective
sufficiently hot to cause scorching.
Wiktionary
scorchingadjective
Very hot.
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scorching
Scorching generally refers to burning or heating something intensely to the point of causing discoloration or damage. It is often used to describe extremely hot weather conditions.
Webster Dictionary
Scorching
of Scorch
Scorchingadjective
burning; parching or shriveling with heat
Etymology and Origins
Scorching
A bicycling term which, curiously enough, only came into vogue after the possibility of realising it had been removed. In the days of the old “Bone-shaker,” before rubber tyres were heard of, there would have been great likelihood of setting the wooden machine on fire by furious riding on the part of an expert.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Scorching in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Scorching in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of Scorching in a Sentence
The climate alarm bells are also ringing at fever pitch, the recent report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change was a code red for humanity. We see the warning signs in every continent and region -- scorching temperatures, shocking biodiversity loss, polluted air, water and natural spaces.
This water supply project, I believe, is the answer to our prayers to Allah because our women and girls, whose role it is to fetch water, had to travel long distances under the scorching heat of the sun in search of water. This is behind us now.
Our planet is already reeling from severe climate impacts, from scorching heat waves and destructive storms to severe droughts and water shortages.
Compared to most transiting planets detected thus far, which often have scorching temperatures in the many hundreds or thousands of degrees, TOI-1231 b is positively frigid.
Edgar Allan Poe, Tamerlane, Part II:
Scorching my seared heart with a pain, not hell shall make me fear again.
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