scorch

scorch
scorch1 [ skɔrtʃ ] verb
1. ) intransitive or transitive if you scorch something or it scorches, it burns enough to change color or be damaged on the surface:
The forest fire was contained after scorching some ten thousand acres.
Who scorched this pot?
2. ) transitive if extreme heat scorches you, it is so hot it is painful:
The hot pavement scorched the bottoms of their bare feet.
3. ) intransitive or transitive TECHNICAL if heat or a substance put on a plant scorches it, or the plant scorches, it becomes dry and dies:
If you fertilize the plant now, it will scorch.
scorch
scorch 2 [ skɔrtʃ ] noun
1. ) count a mark on the surface of something where it has been burned slightly
2. ) uncount TECHNICAL brown spots on plant leaves caused by a disease, lack of water, or extreme heat

Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.

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