Word Meaning

Meaning of scorch

- 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.
- To affect painfully with heat, or as with heat; to dry up with heat; to affect as by heat.
- To burn; to destroy by, or as by, fire.
- To be burnt on the surface; to be parched; to be dried up.
- To burn or be burnt.

Crossword clue for scorch

- Burn slightly
- Char
- Parched with heat
- Singe