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parch Definition

parch (pärc̸h)

transitive verb

  1. to expose (corn, peas, etc.) to great heat so as to dry or roast slightly
  2. to dry up with heat; make hot and dry
  3. to make very thirsty
  4. to dry up and shrivel with cold

Etymology: ME perchen < ?

intransitive verb

to become very dry, hot, thirsty, etc.

parch Synonyms

parch

v.

dessicate, dehydrate, dry up; see dry 1.

parch Usage Examples

Object

  • mark: Many can only be seen as crop marks or parch marks from the air, " he said.
  • throat: Finally, she thought, her throat parched with hunger, they must sell me some orange juice.
  • tongue: Ode on a Grecian Urn Stanza 3 A burning forehead, and a parching tongue.
  • ray: They were then occupying the center of a rocky plain, which the sun scorched with its parching rays.
  • bit: A small in-house café also sells juices and smoothies, just in case you're a bit parched after a spending spree here.
  • thirst: The sense of hunger was already lost, but a parching thirst consumed our vitals.

Preposition: with

  • thirst: They were parched with thirst with nothing to eat or drink beside the little bit of rain that remained in the puddle beside them.
  • butterfly: The grassland was very parched with few butterflies in flight.

Modifying Another Word

  • so: The ground so parched, the shrubs dropping leaves in an effort to just hang in there till the rain.
  • very: The grassland was very parched with few butterflies in flight.

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