If something scorches or is scorched, it becomes marked or changes colour because it is affected by too much heat or by a chemical. The leaves are inclined to scorch in hot sunshine If any of the spray goes onto the lawn it will scorch the grass
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
] a discoloration caused by heat a plant disease that produces a browning or scorched appearance of plant tissues a surface burn become scorched or singed under intense heat or dry conditions; "The exposed tree scorched in the hot sun"
{f} burn slightly; dry or parch with intense heat; be burned slightly; be dried or parched; criticize severely; travel at excessive speed (Slang); destroy a territory before retreating so that it is of no use to advancing troops (Military)
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"
[ 'skorch ] (verb.) 14th century. Middle English; akin to Middle English scorcnen, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse skorpna to shrivel up; more at SHRIMP.