Parch
[pɑːtʃ] or [pɑrtʃ]
Definition
(verb.) cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat; 'The sun parched the earth'.
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Definition
(v. t.) To burn the surface of; to scorch; to roast over the fire, as dry grain; as, to parch the skin; to parch corn.
(v. t.) To dry to extremity; to shrivel with heat; as, the mouth is parched from fever.
(v. i.) To become scorched or superficially burnt; to be very dry.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Burn (slightly), scorch, roast.[2]. Dry, shrivel, dry up.
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Definition
v.t. to burn slightly: to scorch.—v.i. to be scorched: to become very dry.—adj. Parched scorched.—adv. Parch′edly.—n. Parch′edness.
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Examples
- Thirst also, violent and parching, the result of the sea-water I had drank, and of the exhaustion of my frame, tormented me. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- There was a sense of blight in the air; the flowers were drooping in the garden, and the ground was parched and dewless. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I did not accompany them; I was exhausted: a film covered my eyes, and my skin was parched with the heat of fever. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- My lips were parched, my cheeks burned, and I was very sick. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Two tears, the parched tears of the old, rolled down her puffy cheeks and vanished in the abysses of her bosom. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- She saw death stealing across his features; she laid him on a bed, she held drink to his parched lips. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Dew on the parched earth! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Your lips are parched. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I am afraid of this heat that parches my skin. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
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