vverb.changemake very hot and drySynset:scorch sear
Examples:- The heat scorched the countryside
Derivationally Related Form:scorch
Hypernyms:heat heat up
Inherited Hypernyms:searheatchange
Direct Hyponyms:sizzle
Full Troponyms:sizzle
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.changebecome superficially burnedSynset:scorch sear singe
Examples:- my eyebrows singed when I bent over the flames
Derivationally Related Form:scorch
Hypernyms:burn combust
Inherited Hypernyms:scorchburnchange statechange
Sentence Frame:Something ---s
vverb.changedestroy completely by or as if by fireExamples:- The wildfire scorched the forest and several homes
- the invaders scorched the land
Derivationally Related Form:scorch
Hypernyms:burn burn down fire
Inherited Hypernyms:scorchburndestroy
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.changeburn slightly and superficially so as to affect colorTopic:cookerycookingpreparation
Synset:blacken char scorch sear
Examples:- The cook blackened the chicken breast
- The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece
- the flames scorched the ceiling
Derivationally Related Form:scorch
Hypernyms:burn
Inherited Hypernyms:charburndamagechange
Direct Hyponyms:singeswinge
Full Troponyms:singe
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.changebecome scorched or singed under intense heat or dry conditionsExamples:- The exposed tree scorched in the hot sun
Hypernyms:dry dry out
Inherited Hypernyms:scorchdrychange
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Something is ---ing PP
adj satadj.alldried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlightSynset:adust baked parched sunbaked
Examples:- a vast desert all adust
- land lying baked in the heat
- parched soil
- the earth was scorched and bare
- sunbaked salt flats
Antonyms:wet
Inherited Hypernyms:adust
Similar to:dry
adj satadj.allhaving everything destroyed so nothing is left salvageable by an enemyExamples:- Sherman's scorched earth policy
Antonyms:preserved
Inherited Hypernyms:scorched
Similar to:destroyed