Overview of verb scorch

The verb scorch has 5 senses

• sear, scorch -- (make very hot and dry; "The heat scorched the countryside")


• scorch, sear, singe -- (become superficially burned; "my eyebrows singed when I bent over the flames")


• scorch -- (destroy completely by or as if by fire; "The wildfire scorched the forest and several homes"; "the invaders scorched the land")


• char, blacken, sear, scorch -- (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")


• scorch -- (become scorched or singed under intense heat or dry conditions; "The exposed tree scorched in the hot sun")

Overview of adj scorching

The adj scorching has 1 sense

• scorching -- (hot and dry enough to burn or parch a surface; "scorching heat")

Overview of adv scorching

The adv scorching has 1 sense

• scorching -- (capable of causing burns; "it was scorching hot")