Scorch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -É”Ë(r)tʃ
Derived terms
Verb
- (transitive) To burn the surface of something so as to discolour it
- (transitive) To wither, parch or destroy something by heat or fire, especially to make land or buildings unusable to an enemy
- PriorLashed by mad rage, and scorched by brutal fires.
- (intransitive) To become scorched or singed
- (intransitive) To move at high speed (so as to leave scorch marks on the ground)
- To burn; to destroy by, or as by, fire.
- Bible, Revelations xvi. 8Power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.
- Drydenthe fire that scorches me to death