noun
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A slight or surface burn.
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A discolouration caused by heat.
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Brown discoloration on the leaves of plants caused by heat, lack of water or by fungi.
verb
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To burn the surface of something so as to discolour it
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To wither, parch or destroy something by heat or fire, especially to make land or buildings unusable to an enemy
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(To cause) to become scorched or singed
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To move at high speed (so as to leave scorch marks on the ground, physically or figuratively).
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To burn; to destroy by, or as by, fire.
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To attack with bitter sarcasm or virulence.
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To ride a bicycle furiously on a public highway.
Examples of scorch in a Sentence
Fire, on the other hand, can scorch earth.
They use a program called Scorch by the company Sibelius.
Those two issues can sometimes melt or scorch an area around the batteries, rendering the phone inoperable.
That tends to be gentler than the hotter afternoon sun and your plants will be less likely to scorch.
Apply water directly to the soil in the mornings to prevent leaf scorch.
Heat/Fire Resistant - With a ceramic tiles countertop, you can take the pot right off the oven and place it directly on the tile; the tile won't scorch or emit toxic fumes.
The foliage is best in partial shade - the delicate variegated leaves may scorch in full sun.
The Danehill Dancer filly made all in thrilling style to scorch to a two-and-a-half length victory in the fillies ' Classic.
Up to 60% of plants prefer these cool, sun scorch free, permanently moist sites.
The east wind does not scorch Egypt, it is the south wind.
Minor scorch damage was caused to the exterior of the house however no one was injured during the attack.
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Prolog The woman bore a scorch mark from her chin to her brow.
They will hold their arms over their heads until the muscles atrophy, will keep their fists clenched till the nails grow through the palms, will lie on beds of nails, cut and stab themselves, drag, week after week, enormous chains loaded with masses of iron, or hang themselves before a fire near enough to scorch.