scorch

Meanings

Plural: scorches

Noun

a surface burn
a plant disease that produces a browning or scorched appearance of plant tissues
a discoloration caused by heat
A slight or surface burn.
A discolouration caused by heat.
Brown discoloration on the leaves of plants caused by heat, lack of water or by fungi.

Verb

make very hot and dry
- "The heat scorched the countryside"
become superficially burned
destroy completely by or as if by fire
- "The wildfire scorched the forest and several homes"
- "the invaders scorched the land"
burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color
- "the flames scorched the ceiling"
become scorched or singed under intense heat or dry conditions
- "The exposed tree scorched in the hot sun"
To burn the surface of something so as to discolour it
To wither, parch or destroy something by heat or fire, especially to make land or buildings unusable to an enemy
(To cause) to become scorched or singed
To move at high speed (so as to leave scorch marks on the ground, physically or figuratively).
To burn; to destroy by, or as by, fire.
To attack with bitter sarcasm or virulence.
To ride a bicycle furiously on a public highway.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English scorchen, scorcnen (“to make dry; parch”), perhaps an alteration of earlier *scorpnen, from Old Norse skorpna (“to shrivel up”).

Synonyms

blacken, char, sear, singe

Scrabble Score: 13

scorch is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
scorch is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
scorch is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

scorch is a valid Words With Friends word