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- Dictionaryscorch/skɔːtʃ/
verb
- 1. burn the surface of (something) with flame or heat: "surrounding houses were scorched by heat from the blast" Similar
- 2. (of a person or vehicle) move very fast: informal "a sports car was scorching along the expressway" Similar
noun
- 1. the burning or charring of the surface of something: "a scorch mark"
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a slight burn, or a mark caused by burning: The fire left scorch marks halfway up the wall. Just cook it enough to get the grill marks and a little scorch here and there. More examples. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. (Definition of scorch from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
1. : to burn a surface of so as to change its color and texture. 2. a. : to dry or shrivel with or as if with intense heat : parch. b. : to afflict painfully with censure or sarcasm. 3. : devastate. especially : to destroy (something, such as property of possible use to an advancing enemy) before abandoning used in the phrase scorched earth.
to affect the color, taste, etc., of by burning slightly: The collar of the shirt was yellow where the iron had scorched it. Synonyms: blister, char. to parch or shrivel with heat: The sun scorched the grass. to criticize severely. Synonyms: condemn, excoriate.
Scorch means to burn something slightly, to wither or shrivel from heat, or to criticize harshly. It can also mean to drive fast or to destroy by fire. See word forms, pronunciation, collocations, and sentences.
Scorch means to burn superficially, to dry out, to criticize severely, or to drive fast. It can also refer to a slight burn, a plant disease, or a discoloration caused by heat. See synonyms, usage, and origin of scorch.
To scorch is to burn something fiercely, to the point where its surface — your face, prairie grass, a steak on the grill — chars or otherwise changes color. Although scorch usually refers to burning something (whether it's the sun or a blowtorch doing the burning), that's not always the case.
scald to burn part of your body with very hot liquid or steam. scorch to burn and slightly damage a surface by making it too hot: I scorched my dress when I was ironing it. singe to burn the surface of something slightly, usually by mistake; to be burnt in this way:
