transitive. To scorch.

transitive. To render the surface of (anything) crisp with heat; to toast, scorch, parch.

transitive. To heat to such a degree as to shrivel, parch, or dry up, or to char or discolour the surface; to burn superficially.

transitive. To scorch (the surface) with radiant heat; to toast hard; also figurative.

transitive and intransitive. To scorch.

transitive. To cause to shrivel, esp. with heat; to scorch; to wrinkle.

with away, up.

transitive. To burn or scorch so as to produce a hissing sound; to burn up with intense heat.

transferred and figurative. transitive. To torture (a person) by fire; to burn or scorch (anything) with effects analogous to those of frying…

transitive. To reduce by burning to charcoal or carbon; to burn slightly or partially, scorch.

transitive. To give a Phrygian character to (something).

transitive. To singe, scorch.