Definitions for scorch
skɔrtʃscorch

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. scorch, singenoun

   a surface burn

2. scorchnoun

   a plant disease that produces a browning or scorched appearance of plant tissues

3. scorchverb

   a discoloration caused by heat

4. sear, scorchverb

   make very hot and dry

   "The heat scorched the countryside"

5. scorch, sear, singeverb

   become superficially burned

   "my eyebrows singed when I bent over the flames"

6. scorchverb

   destroy completely by or as if by fire

   "The wildfire scorched the forest and several homes"; "the invaders scorched the land"

7. char, blacken, sear, scorchverb

   burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color

   "The cook blackened the chicken breast"; "The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece"; "the flames scorched the ceiling"

8. scorchverb

   become scorched or singed under intense heat or dry conditions

   "The exposed tree scorched in the hot sun"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. scorchnoun

   A slight or surface burn.

2. scorchnoun

   A discolouration caused by heat.

3. scorchnoun

   Brown discoloration on the leaves of plants caused by heat, lack of water or by fungi.

4. scorchverb

   To burn the surface of something so as to discolour it

5. scorchverb

   To wither, parch or destroy something by heat or fire, especially to make land or buildings unusable to an enemy

6. scorchverb

   To become scorched or singed

7. scorchverb

   To move at high speed (so as to leave scorch marks on the ground)

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

1. To SCORCHverb

   Etymology: scorcned , Saxon, burnt

   1. To burn superficially.

   Fire scorcheth in frosty weather. Francis Bacon, Nat. History.

   The ladies gasp’d, and scarcely cou’d respire;
   The breath they drew, no longer air, but fire;
   The fainty knights were scorch’d. Dryden.

   2. To burn.

   Power was given to scorch men with fire. Rev. xvi. 8.

   The same that left thee by the cooling stream,
   Safe from sun’s heat; but scorch’d with beauty’s beam. Edward Fairfax.

   You look with such contempt on pain,
   That languishing you conquer more:
   So lightnings which in storms appear,
   Scorch more than when the skies are clear. Edmund Waller.

   The same beams that shine, scorch too. South.

   I rave,
   And, like a giddy bird in dead of night,
   Fly round the fire that scorches me to death. Dryden.

   He from whom the nations should receive
   Justice and freedom, lies himself a slave;
   Tortur’d by cruel change of wild desires,
   Lash’d by mad rage, and scorch’d by brutal fires. Matthew Prior.

2. To Scorchverb

   To be burnt superficially; to be dried up.

   To see the chariot of the sun
   So near the scorching country run. Wentworth Dillon.

   The love was made in Autumn, and the hunting followed properly, when the heats of that scorching country were declining. Dryden.

   Scatter a little mungy straw or fern amongst your seedlings, to prevent the roots from scorching, and to receive the moisture that falls. John Mortimer, Husbandry.

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1. scorch

   Scorch generally refers to burn or discolor from heat, usually on the surface. It can also mean to heat something to high temperature or to damage or destroy by or as if by heat. In broader context, it could also mean to criticize severely.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Scorchverb

   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

2. Scorchverb

   to affect painfully with heat, or as with heat; to dry up with heat; to affect as by heat

3. Scorchverb

   to burn; to destroy by, or as by, fire

4. Scorchverb

   to be burnt on the surface; to be parched; to be dried up

5. Scorchverb

   to burn or be burnt

6. Etymology: [OE. scorchen, probably akin to scorcnen; cf. Norw. skrokken shrunk up, skrekka, skrkka, to shrink, to become wrinkled up, dial. Sw. skrkkla to wrinkle (see Shrug); but perhaps influenced by OF. escorchier to strip the bark from, to flay, to skin, F. corcher, LL. excorticare; L. ex from + cortex, -icis, bark (cf. Cork); because the skin falls off when scorched.]

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1. Scorch

   Scorch is a character appearing in DC Comics.

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

1. Scorch

   skorch, v.t. to burn slightly: to roast highly: to affect painfully with heat: to singe: to attack with virulence.—v.i. to be burned on the surface: to be dried up: (slang) to ride a bicycle furiously on a public highway.—ns. Scorched′-car′pet, -wing, British geometrid moths; Scorch′er, anything that scorches, a very caustic rebuke, criticism, &c.: one who rides a bicycle furiously on a road; Scorch′ing.—p.adj. burning superficially: bitterly sarcastic, scathing.—adv. Scorch′ingly.—n. Scorch′ingness. [O. Fr. escorcher, from Low L. excorticare—L. ex, off, cortex, corticis, bark; or prob. Scand., Norw. skrekka, to shrink.]

Matched Categories

1. • Burn
   • Dry
   • Plant Disease

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How to pronounce scorch?

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How to say scorch in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of scorch in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of scorch in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of scorch in a Sentence

1. Lucretius:

   Though the dungeon, the scourge, and the executioner be absent, the guilty mind can apply the goad and scorch with blows.

2. Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th earl of Chesterfield, 1749:

   That ready wit, which you so partially allow me, ... may create many admirers; but, take my word for it, it makes few friends. It shines and dazzles like the noonday sun, but, like that, too, it is very apt to scorch, and therefore is always feared. The milder morning and evening light and heat of that planet soothe and calm our minds. Never seek for wit; if it present itself, well and good; but even then, let your judgement interpose, and take care that it be not at the expense of anybody.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=scorch
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Scorch
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=scorch
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scorch
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=scorch
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=scorch
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=scorch