Parch

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Parch \Parch\ (p[aum]rch), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Parched}; p. pr.
     & vb. n. {Parching}.] [OE. perchen to pierce, hence used of a
     piercing heat or cold, OF. perchier, another form of percier,
     F. percer. See {Pierce}.]
     1. To burn the surface of; to scorch; to roast over the fire,
        as dry grain; as, to parch the skin; to parch corn.


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              Ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn. --Lev.
                                                    xxiii. 14.
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     2. To dry to extremity; to shrivel with heat; as, the mouth
        is parched from fever.
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              The ground below is parched.          --Dryden.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Parch \Parch\, v. i.
     To become scorched or superficially burnt; to be very dry.
     "Parch in Afric sun." --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  parch
       v : cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat; "The sun
           parched the earth" [syn: {sear}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  102 Moby Thesaurus words for "parch":
     Sanforize, air-dry, anhydrate, attenuate, bake, be in heat, blaze,
     blister, bloom, blot, boil, brand, broil, brush, burn, burn in,
     burn off, cast, cauterize, char, choke, coal, combust, consume,
     cook, crack, cupel, cure, dehumidify, dehydrate, desiccate, drain,
     dry, dry up, emacerate, emaciate, evaporate, exsiccate, fire,
     flame, flame up, flare, flare up, flicker, flush, found, fry, gasp,
     glow, incandesce, insolate, kiln, macerate, mummify, oxidate,
     oxidize, pant, preshrink, pyrolyze, radiate heat, roast, rub,
     scald, scorch, sear, seethe, shimmer with heat, shrink, shrivel,
     shrivel up, simmer, singe, smoke, smolder, smother, soak up,
     solder, spark, sponge, steam, stew, stifle, suffocate, sun,
     sun-dry, swab, sweat, swelter, swinge, thin, toast, torrefy, towel,
     vesicate, vulcanize, waste, waste away, weazen, weld, wipe, wither,
     wizen