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📖 Определения и значения для слова scorch

📒 to burn and slightly damage a surface by making it too hot; to be slightly burned by heat

  • scorch (something) I scorched my dress when I was ironing it.
  • Don't stand so near the fire—your coat is scorching!
  • scorch something + adj. The buildings around us were scorched black by the fire.

📒 to become or to make something become dry and brown, especially from the heat of the sun or from chemicals

  • scorched grass
  • The leaves will scorch if you water them in the sun.
  • Wildfires have scorched over two million acres of forest.

📒 to move very fast

  • The car scorched off down the road.
  • She scorched to victory in the sprint final.
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