meaning of scorch
1. 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.
2. To affect painfully with heat, or as with heat; to dry up with heat; to affect as by heat.
3. To burn; to destroy by, or as by, fire.
4. To be burnt on the surface; to be parched; to be dried up.
5. To burn or be burnt.
6. a discoloration caused by heat
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