to affect the color, taste, etc., of by burning slightly

The collar of the shirt was yellow where the iron had scorched it.

to parch or shrivel with heat

The sun scorched the grass.

to criticize severely.

Machinery . burn 1 ( def. 23 ) .

to destroy (crops, towns, etc.) by or as if by fire in the path of an invading army's advance.

to become scorched

Milk scorches easily.

Informal . to travel or drive at high speed

The car scorched along the highway.

a superficial burn.

verb

freeze

verb

bake , blacken , blister , broil , char , cook , melt , parch , roast , scald , sear , seethe , shrivel , simmer , singe , stale , stew , swelter , wither , drub , excoriate , flay , lash , rip into , scarify , scathe , score , scourge , slap , slash , burn , dry , lambaste , toast , torrefy

noun

char , sear , singe