Definitions for parch
pɑrtʃparch

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. parch, searverb

   cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat

   "The sun parched the earth"

WiktionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 3 votes

1. parchverb

   To burn the surface of, to scorch.

   The sun today could parch cement.

2. parchverb

   To roast, as dry grain.

   We used grandma's skillet to parch corn.

3. parchverb

   To dry to extremity; to shrivel with heat.

   The patient's mouth is parched from fever.

4. parchverb

   To become thirsty.

   We're parched Hon. Could you send up an ale from the cooler?

5. parchverb

   To boil something slowly (Still used in Lancashire in parched peas, a type of mushy peas).

6. parchverb

   To become superficially burnt; be become sunburned.

   The locals watched, amused, as the tourists parched in the sun, having neglected to apply sunscreen or bring water.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Parchverb

   To burn slightly and superficially; to scorch; to dry up.

   Etymology: from πεϱιϰαιειν, says Franciscus Junius; from percoquo, says Stephen Skinner; neither of them seem satisfied with their conjecture: perhaps from perustus, burnt, to perust, to parch; perhaps from parchment, the effect of fire upon parchment being almost proverbial.

   Hath thy fiery heart so parcht thine entrails,
   That not a tear can fall? William Shakespeare.

   Did he so often lodge in open field
   In winter’s cold, and summer’s parching heat,
   To conquer France? William Shakespeare, Hen. IV.

   Torrid heat,
   And vapours as the Libyan air adult,
   Began to parch that temperate clime. John Milton, Par. Lost.

   I’m stupify’d with sorrow, past relief
   Of tears; parch’d up and wither’d with my grief. Dryden.

   Without this circular motion of our earth, one hemisphere would be condemned to perpetual cold and darkness, the other continually roasted and parched by the sun beams. John Ray.

   The Syrian star
   With his sultry breath infects the sky;
   The ground below is parch’d, the heav’ns above us fry. John Dryden, Horace.

   Full fifty years
   I have endur’d the biting winter’s blast,
   And the severer heats of parching summer. Nicholas Rowe.

   He is like a man distressed with thirst in the parched places of the wilderness, he searches every pit, but finds no water. John Rogers, Sermons.

2. To Parchverb

   To be scorched.

   We were better parch in Africk sun,
   Than in the pride and salt scorn of his eyes. William Shakespeare.

   If to prevent the acrospiring, it be thrown thin, many corns will dry and parch into barley. John Mortimer, Husb.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Parchverb

   to burn the surface of; to scorch; to roast over the fire, as dry grain; as, to parch the skin; to parch corn

2. Parchverb

   to dry to extremity; to shrivel with heat; as, the mouth is parched from fever

3. Parchverb

   to become scorched or superficially burnt; to be very dry

4. Etymology: [OE. perchen to pierce, hence used of a piercing heat or cold, OF. perchier, another form of percier, F. percer. See Pierce.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Parch

   pärch, v.t. to burn slightly: to scorch.—v.i. to be scorched: to become very dry.—adj. Parched, scorched.—adv. Parch′edly.—n. Parch′edness. [M. E. parchen, either a variety of per(s)chen=peris(c)hen, to kill, or from perchen, to pierce.]

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of parch in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

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   The numerical value of parch in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

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