parch

Speech parts

1. parch - Noun

2. parch - Verb

Meaning

To burn the surface of; to scorch; to roast over the fire, as dry grain; as, to parch the skin; to parch corn.

To dry to extremity; to shrivel with heat; as, the mouth is parched from fever.

To become scorched or superficially burnt; to be very dry.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

sear cook brown fry fire grill char scald heat DRY burn dried drain shrink kiln
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Antonyms

sheik dew sheikh fop sop water
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Hypernyms

DRY dry out

Phrases with the word

parch up

Derivatives

parched parching

Examples

Let me rather starve, And let my heart parch with thirst, And let me die and perish, Ere I stretch my hand To a cup you did not fill, Or a bowl you did not bless. Kahlil Gibran

The sun parched the earth Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

parcenary parcener parcenership parch up parched parched up