to scorch

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scrimple
To move at high speed (so as to leave scorch marks on the ground)
A discolouration caused by heat
frizzle
{v} to burn slightly, to be dried too much
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"
a discoloration caused by heat
make very hot and dry; "The heat scorched the countryside"
{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)
[Colloq
destroy completely by or as if by fire; "The wildfire scorched the forest and several homes"; "the invaders scorched the land"
A slight or surface burn
To affect painfully with heat, or as with heat; to dry up with heat; to affect as by heat
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"
To burn the surface of something so as to discolour it
a plant disease that produces a browning or scorched appearance of plant tissues
To ride or drive at great, usually at excessive, speed; applied chiefly to automobilists and bicyclists
To scorch something means to burn it slightly. The bomb scorched the side of the building. + scorched scorched scorched black earth
To burn or be burnt
become superficially burned; "my eyebrows singed when I bent over the flames"
{i} superficial burn, result of scorching; brown spot on a plant leaf which resembles a burn
Brown discoloration on the leaves of plants caused by heat, lack of water or by fungi
To become scorched or singed
To wither, parch or destroy something by heat or fire, especially to make land or buildings unusable to an enemy
become scorched or singed under intense heat or dry conditions; "The exposed tree scorched in the hot sun"
To burn; to destroy by, or as by, fire
To be burnt on the surface; to be parched; to be dried up
a surface burn
become superficially burned; "my eyebrows singed when I bent over the flames
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