Scorching

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  • adj. Very hot.
  • v. Present participle of scorch.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Burning; parching or shriveling with heat.
  • adj. sufficiently hot to cause scorching.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In metal-working, the process of roughing out tools on a dry grindstone before they are hardened and tempered. It is so called from the great heat produced.
  • Burning; torrid; very hot.
  • Causing a sensation as of burning; stinging; hence, figuratively, bitterly sarcastic or upbraiding; caustic: scathing.
  • n. Fast riding on a bicycle or in a motor-car.
  • n. The injury caused to tender bark or leaves of plants by excessive heat of the sun. See firing, 7.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • ad. capable of causing burns
  • adj. hot and dry enough to burn or parch a surface
    • Equivalent
    hot   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    burning   
    Verb Stem
    scorch   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    torching   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    blighting    harborage    actinic    high-wrought    super-added   
     
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