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- [skawrch]
- /skɔrtʃ/
- /skɔːtʃ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [skawrch]
- /skɔrtʃ/
Definitions of scorch word
- verb with object scorch to affect the color, taste, etc., of by burning slightly: The collar of the shirt was yellow where the iron had scorched it. 1
- verb with object scorch to parch or shrivel with heat: The sun scorched the grass. 1
- verb with object scorch to criticize severely. 1
- verb with object scorch Machinery. burn1 (def 31). 1
- verb with object scorch to destroy (crops, towns, etc.) by or as if by fire in the path of an invading army's advance. 1
- verb without object scorch to become scorched: Milk scorches easily. 1
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Origin of scorch
First appearance:
before 1400 One of the 24% oldest English words
1400-50; late Middle English scorchen, perhaps blend of scorcnen (< Scandinavian; compare Old Norse skorpna to shrivel) and torch1
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Scorch
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
scorch popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 75% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
scorch usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for scorch
verb scorch
- bad mouth — Slang. to speak critically and often disloyally of; disparage: Why do you bad-mouth your family so much?
- bake — If you bake, you spend some time preparing and mixing together ingredients to make bread, cakes, pies, or other food which is cooked in the oven.
- bang up — When a prisoner is banged up, they are put in prison and locked in a cell.
- barreling — a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
- barrelled — a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
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