parch
parch
Definition
parch (pärc̸h)
transitive verb
- to expose (corn, peas, etc.) to great heat so as to dry or roast slightly
- to dry up with heat; make hot and dry
- to make very thirsty
- to dry up and shrivel with cold
Etymology: ME perchen < ?
intransitive verb
to become very dry, hot, thirsty, etc.
parch
Synonyms
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.
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