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verb | noun scaldscald1 /skɔld/ verb [transitive] ETYMOLOGYscald1Origin: 1100-1200 Old North French escalder, from Late Latin excaldare to wash in warm water VERB TABLEscald |
Present | I, you, we, they | scald | | he, she, it | scalds | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | scalded | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have scalded | | he, she, it | has scalded | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had scalded | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will scald | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have scalded |
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Present | I | am scalding | | he, she, it | is scalding | | you, we, they | are scalding | Past | I, he, she, it | was scalding | | you, we, they | were scalding | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been scalding | | he, she, it | has been scalding | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been scalding | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be scalding | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been scalding |
1to burn your skin with hot liquid or steam: I scalded myself on the hot water pipe.2if you scald vegetables, you put them in boiling water for a short time3to heat a liquid to a temperature just below the boiling point [Origin: 1100–1200 Old North French escalder, from Late Latin excaldare to wash in warm water] verb | noun scaldscald2 noun [countable] a burn caused by hot liquid or steam |