| slovo | definícia |
scorcher
(encz) | scorcher,pařák |
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.
[1913 Webster]
2. To burn or be burnt.
[1913 Webster]
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
(gcide) | scorcher \scorch"er\
a very hot day. [Informal]
[PJC] |
scorcher
(wn) | scorcher
n 1: an extremely hot day
2: a very hard hit ball [syn: scorcher, screamer] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
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.
[1913 Webster]
2. To burn or be burnt.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
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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