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scorch
(encz) | scorch,sežehnout v: Zdeněk Brož |
scorch
(encz) | scorch,spálenina n: Zdeněk Brož |
scorch
(encz) | scorch,spálit v: Zdeněk Brož |
Scorch
(gcide) | Scorch \Scorch\, v. i.
1. To be burnt on the surface; to be parched; to be dried up.
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Scatter a little mungy straw or fern amongst your
seedlings, to prevent the roots from scorching.
--Mortimer.
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2. To burn or be burnt.
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He laid his long forefinger on the scarlet letter,
which forthwith seemed to scorch into Hester's
breast, as if it had been red hot. --Hawthorne.
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3. To ride or drive at great, usually at excessive, speed; --
applied chiefly to automobilists and bicyclists. [Colloq.]
-- Scorch"er, n. [Colloq.] |
Scorch
(gcide) | Scorch \Scorch\ (sk[^o]rch), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scorched; p.
pr. & vb. n. Scorching.] [OE. scorchen, probably akin to
scorcnen; cf. Norw. skrokken shrunk up, skrekka, skr["o]kka,
to shrink, to become wrinkled up, dial. Sw. skr[*a]kkla to
wrinkle (see Shrug); but perhaps influenced by OF.
escorchier to strip the bark from, to flay, to skin, F.
['e]corcher, LL. excorticare; L. ex from + cortex, -icis,
bark (cf. Cork); because the skin falls off when scorched.]
1. To burn superficially; to parch, or shrivel, the surface
of, by heat; to subject to so much heat as changes color
and texture without consuming; as, to scorch linen.
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Summer drouth or sing[`e]d air
Never scorch thy tresses fair. --Milton.
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2. To affect painfully with heat, or as with heat; to dry up
with heat; to affect as by heat.
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Lashed by mad rage, and scorched by brutal fires.
--Prior.
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3. To burn; to destroy by, or as by, fire.
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Power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.
--Rev. xvi. 8.
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The fire that scorches me to death. --Dryden.
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scorch
(wn) | scorch
n 1: a surface burn [syn: scorch, singe]
2: a plant disease that produces a browning or scorched
appearance of plant tissues
3: a discoloration caused by heat
v 1: make very hot and dry; "The heat scorched the countryside"
[syn: sear, scorch]
2: become superficially burned; "my eyebrows singed when I bent
over the flames" [syn: scorch, sear, singe]
3: destroy completely by or as if by fire; "The wildfire
scorched the forest and several homes"; "the invaders
scorched the land"
4: burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color; "The
cook blackened the chicken breast"; "The fire charred the
ceiling above the mantelpiece"; "the flames scorched the
ceiling" [syn: char, blacken, sear, scorch]
5: become scorched or singed under intense heat or dry
conditions; "The exposed tree scorched in the hot sun" |
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leaf scorch
(encz) | leaf scorch, n: |
scorch
(encz) | scorch,sežehnout v: Zdeněk Brožscorch,spálenina n: Zdeněk Brožscorch,spálit v: Zdeněk Brož |
scorched
(encz) | scorched,popálil v: Zdeněk Brož |
scorched earth policy
(encz) | scorched earth policy,taktika spálené země [voj.] Pino |
scorched-earth policy
(encz) | scorched-earth policy, n: |
scorcher
(encz) | scorcher,pařák |
scorches
(encz) | scorches, |
scorching
(encz) | scorching, adv: |
Scorched
(gcide) | Scorch \Scorch\ (sk[^o]rch), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scorched; p.
pr. & vb. n. Scorching.] [OE. scorchen, probably akin to
scorcnen; cf. Norw. skrokken shrunk up, skrekka, skr["o]kka,
to shrink, to become wrinkled up, dial. Sw. skr[*a]kkla to
wrinkle (see Shrug); but perhaps influenced by OF.
escorchier to strip the bark from, to flay, to skin, F.
['e]corcher, LL. excorticare; L. ex from + cortex, -icis,
bark (cf. Cork); because the skin falls off when scorched.]
1. To burn superficially; to parch, or shrivel, the surface
of, by heat; to subject to so much heat as changes color
and texture without consuming; as, to scorch linen.
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Summer drouth or sing[`e]d air
Never scorch thy tresses fair. --Milton.
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2. To affect painfully with heat, or as with heat; to dry up
with heat; to affect as by heat.
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Lashed by mad rage, and scorched by brutal fires.
--Prior.
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3. To burn; to destroy by, or as by, fire.
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Power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.
--Rev. xvi. 8.
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The fire that scorches me to death. --Dryden.
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Scorcher
(gcide) | Scorch \Scorch\, v. i.
1. To be burnt on the surface; to be parched; to be dried up.
[1913 Webster]
Scatter a little mungy straw or fern amongst your
seedlings, to prevent the roots from scorching.
--Mortimer.
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2. To burn or be burnt.
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He laid his long forefinger on the scarlet letter,
which forthwith seemed to scorch into Hester's
breast, as if it had been red hot. --Hawthorne.
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3. To ride or drive at great, usually at excessive, speed; --
applied chiefly to automobilists and bicyclists. [Colloq.]
-- Scorch"er, n. [Colloq.]scorcher \scorch"er\
a very hot day. [Informal]
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scorcher
(gcide) | Scorch \Scorch\, v. i.
1. To be burnt on the surface; to be parched; to be dried up.
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Scatter a little mungy straw or fern amongst your
seedlings, to prevent the roots from scorching.
--Mortimer.
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2. To burn or be burnt.
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He laid his long forefinger on the scarlet letter,
which forthwith seemed to scorch into Hester's
breast, as if it had been red hot. --Hawthorne.
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3. To ride or drive at great, usually at excessive, speed; --
applied chiefly to automobilists and bicyclists. [Colloq.]
-- Scorch"er, n. [Colloq.]scorcher \scorch"er\
a very hot day. [Informal]
[PJC] |
Scorching
(gcide) | Scorch \Scorch\ (sk[^o]rch), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scorched; p.
pr. & vb. n. Scorching.] [OE. scorchen, probably akin to
scorcnen; cf. Norw. skrokken shrunk up, skrekka, skr["o]kka,
to shrink, to become wrinkled up, dial. Sw. skr[*a]kkla to
wrinkle (see Shrug); but perhaps influenced by OF.
escorchier to strip the bark from, to flay, to skin, F.
['e]corcher, LL. excorticare; L. ex from + cortex, -icis,
bark (cf. Cork); because the skin falls off when scorched.]
1. To burn superficially; to parch, or shrivel, the surface
of, by heat; to subject to so much heat as changes color
and texture without consuming; as, to scorch linen.
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Summer drouth or sing[`e]d air
Never scorch thy tresses fair. --Milton.
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2. To affect painfully with heat, or as with heat; to dry up
with heat; to affect as by heat.
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Lashed by mad rage, and scorched by brutal fires.
--Prior.
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3. To burn; to destroy by, or as by, fire.
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Power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.
--Rev. xvi. 8.
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The fire that scorches me to death. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]Scorching \Scorch"ing\, a.
1. Burning; parching or shriveling with heat.
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2. sufficiently hot to cause scorching.
[PJC] -- Scorch"ing*ly, adv. -- Scorch"ing*ness, n.
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Scorchingly
(gcide) | Scorching \Scorch"ing\, a.
1. Burning; parching or shriveling with heat.
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2. sufficiently hot to cause scorching.
[PJC] -- Scorch"ing*ly, adv. -- Scorch"ing*ness, n.
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Scorchingness
(gcide) | Scorching \Scorch"ing\, a.
1. Burning; parching or shriveling with heat.
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2. sufficiently hot to cause scorching.
[PJC] -- Scorch"ing*ly, adv. -- Scorch"ing*ness, n.
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Unscorched
(gcide) | Unscorched \Unscorched\
See scorched. |
leaf scorch
(wn) | leaf scorch
n 1: plant disease causing a burned or scorched appearance of
the foliage |
scorch
(wn) | scorch
n 1: a surface burn [syn: scorch, singe]
2: a plant disease that produces a browning or scorched
appearance of plant tissues
3: a discoloration caused by heat
v 1: make very hot and dry; "The heat scorched the countryside"
[syn: sear, scorch]
2: become superficially burned; "my eyebrows singed when I bent
over the flames" [syn: scorch, sear, singe]
3: destroy completely by or as if by fire; "The wildfire
scorched the forest and several homes"; "the invaders
scorched the land"
4: burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color; "The
cook blackened the chicken breast"; "The fire charred the
ceiling above the mantelpiece"; "the flames scorched the
ceiling" [syn: char, blacken, sear, scorch]
5: become scorched or singed under intense heat or dry
conditions; "The exposed tree scorched in the hot sun" |
scorched
(wn) | scorched
adj 1: dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight; "a
vast desert all adust"; "land lying baked in the heat";
"parched soil"; "the earth was scorched and bare";
"sunbaked salt flats" [syn: adust, baked, parched,
scorched, sunbaked]
2: having everything destroyed so nothing is left salvageable by
an enemy; "Sherman's scorched earth policy" |
scorched-earth policy
(wn) | scorched-earth policy
n 1: the target company defends itself by selling off its crown
jewels |
scorcher
(wn) | scorcher
n 1: an extremely hot day
2: a very hard hit ball [syn: scorcher, screamer] |
scorching
(wn) | scorching
adv 1: capable of causing burns; "it was scorching hot"
adj 1: hot and dry enough to burn or parch a surface; "scorching
heat" |
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