What does singe mean?
Definitions for singe
sɪndʒsinge
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Princeton's WordNet
scorch, singeverb
a surface burn
singe, swingeverb
burn superficially or lightly
"I singed my eyebrows"
scorch, sear, singeverb
become superficially burned
"my eyebrows singed when I bent over the flames"
Wiktionary
singenoun
A burning of the surface; a slight burn.
singeverb
To burn slightly.
Etymology: From sengen, from sengan, sæncgan, from sangijanan, from senk-. Cognate with zengen, sengen, sangr.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Singeverb
To scorch; to burn slightly or superficially.
Etymology: sængan , Saxon; senghen, Dutch.
They bound the doctor,
Whose beard they have sing’d off with brands of fire. William Shakespeare.You sulph’rous and thought executing fires,
Singe my white head. William Shakespeare.Drake, in the vaunting stile of a soldier, would call this enterprize the singeing of the king of Spain’s beard. Francis Bacon.
That neither was singed in the combustion of Phaeton, nor overwhelmed by the inundation of Deucalion. Brown.
They leave a singed bottom all involv’d
With stench and smoke. John Milton, Paradise Lost.I singed the toes of an ape through a burning-glass, and he never would endure it after. Roger L'Estrange.
Thus riding on his curls he seem’d to pass
A rolling fire along, and singe the grass. Dryden.
Wikipedia
Singe
A singe is a slight scorching, burn or treatment with flame. This may be due to an accident, such as scorching one's hair when lighting a gas fire, or a deliberate method of treatment or removal of hair or other fibres.
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singe
Singe refers to the action of lightly burning or scorching a surface, especially superficially or slightly, often with a resulting change in color or texture. It can also mean to remove hair or feathery particles from something by exposing it to flame or heat.
Webster Dictionary
Singeverb
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
Singeverb
to remove the nap of (cloth), by passing it rapidly over a red-hot bar, or over a flame, preliminary to dyeing it
Singeverb
to remove the hair or down from (a plucked chicken or the like) by passing it over a flame
Singenoun
a burning of the surface; a slight burn
Etymology: [OE. sengen, AS. sengan in besengan (akin to D. zengen, G. sengen), originally, to cause to sing, fr. AS. singan to sing, in allusion to the singing or hissing sound often produced when a substance is singed, or slightly burned. See Sing.]
Wikidata
Singe
A singe is a slight scorching, burn or treatment with flame. This may be due to an accident, such as scorching one's hair when lighting a gas fire, or a deliberate method of treatment or removal of hair or other fibres.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Singe
sinj, v.t. to burn on the surface: to scorch:—pr.p. singe′ing; pa.t. and pa.p. singed.—n. a burning of the surface: a slight burn.—Singed cat, a person who is better than he looks. [A.S. besengan, the causative of singan, to sing, from the singing noise produced by scorching.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of singe in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of singe in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
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- أحرقArabic
- versengen, ansengenGerman
- chamuscarSpanish
- paahtaaFinnish
- roussirFrench
- pörkölHungarian
- sviðna, svíða, brenna, brenna lítillegaIcelandic
- scottarsi, scottare, bruciacchiareItalian
- 焦がすJapanese
- tāina, ngunuMāori
- schroeienDutch
- sviNorwegian
- chamuscarPortuguese
- палить, опалять, подпаливатьRussian
- sveda, brännaSwedish
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