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"
A odor taint that gives the coffee brew a slight aftertaste of phenolic and pyridine character with an underdevelopment of the caramelization of compounds Result of applying too much heat and charring the surface of the bean during the roasting process
having everything destroyed so nothing is left salvageable by an enemy; "Sherman's scorched earth policy"
A scorched earth policy is the deliberate burning, destruction, and removal by an army of everything that would be useful to an enemy coming into the area. He employed a scorched-earth policy, destroying villages and burning crops
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.