Dictionary Definition
scorch
Noun
1 a surface burn [syn: singe]
2 a plant disease that produces a browning or
scorched appearance of plant tissues
3 a discoloration caused by heat
Verb
1 make very hot and dry; "The heat scorched the
countryside" [syn: sear]
3 destroy completely by or as if by fire; "The
wildfire scorched the forest and several homes"; "the invaders
scorched the land"
4 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" [syn: char,
blacken]
5 become scorched or singed under intense heat or
dry conditions; "The exposed tree scorched in the hot sun"
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɔː(r)tʃ
Noun
Translations
A slight or surface burn
- Finnish: kärventymä
A discolouration caused by heat
- Finnish: kärventymä, palanut kohta
Brown discoloration on the leaves of plants
caused by heat, lack of water or by fungi
Verb
Translations
To burn the surface of something so as to
discolour it
To wither, parch or destroy something by heat or
fire
- Dutch: verschroeien
- Finnish: polttaa
To move at high speed
- Finnish: kiitää
Extensive Definition
Scorch may refer to:
- Scorch, a Beanie Baby toy: a dragon with iridescent wings and lavender fur
- Scorch, the boss of the Evening Lake world in the video game Spyro: Year of the Dragon
- RC-1262 "Scorch", a character in the video game Star Wars: Republic Commando
- Scorch, a character in the video game The Lost Vikings 2: Norse by Norsewest
- Scorch (comics), a.k.a. Aubrey Sparks, an antagonist of Superman
- Scorch, a dragon character in Dungeon Siege
- Scorch, the title character in a short-lived 1992 CBS sitcom (Scorch (TV series)) starring John O'Hurley. Scorch was a tiny dragon who dropped in to live with a 20th-century family
- Scorched Earth (computer game), a classic computer game
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
abrade,
abrasion, air-dry,
anhydrate, assail, attack, attaint, bake, ball the jack, bark, barrel, be in heat, bedaub, besmear, besmirch, besmoke, bestain, blacken, blaze, blemish, blister, bloody, bloom, blot, blur, boil, boom, bowl along, brand, break, breeze, breeze along, broil, brush, burn, burn in, burn off, cast, castigate, cauterize, chafe, char, check, chip, choke, claw, clip, coal, combust, concussion, cook, crack, crackle, craze, cupel, cure, cut, cut along, darken, daub, dehumidify, dehydrate, desiccate, dirty, discolor, drain, dry, evaporate, excoriate, exsiccate, fire, flame, flame up, flare, flare up, flash burn,
flay, fleet, flicker, flit, flush, fly, fly low, foot, found, fracture, fray, frazzle, fret, fry, fustigate, gall, gash, gasp, glow, go fast, highball, hurt, incandesce, incise, incision, injure, injury, insolate, kiln, lacerate, laceration, lash, lesion, maim, make knots, make mincemeat
of, mark, mat burn,
maul, melt, mortal wound, mummify, mutilate, mutilation, nip, outstrip the wind, oxidate, oxidize, pant, parch, pierce, plot, pour it on, puncture, pyrolyze, radiate heat,
rend, rent, rip, roast, rub, run, rupture, savage, scald, scarify, scathe, scotch, scourge, scrape, scratch, scuff, sear, second-degree burn, seethe, shimmer with heat,
shrivel, simmer, singe, sizzle, skim, skin, skin alive, slash, slit, slubber, slur, smear, smirch, smoke, smolder, smother, soak up, soil, solder, sore, spark, speed, sponge, sprain, stab, stab wound, stain, steam, stew, stick, stifle, stigmatize, storm along,
strain, suffocate, sun, sun-dry, sunburn, sunscald, swab, sweat, sweep, swelter, swinge, taint, tarnish, tear, tear along, third-degree
burn, thunder along, toast, torrefy, towel, trauma, traumatize, trounce, vesicate, vulcanize, weazen, weld, whisk, whiz, windburn, wipe, wither, wizen, wound, wounds immedicable,
wrench, zing, zip, zoom