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v. To make extremely dry, especially by exposure to heat: The midsummer sun parched the earth. See Synonyms at burn1.

v. To make thirsty.

v. To dry or roast (corn, for example) by exposing to heat.

verb-intransitive. To become very dry. See Synonyms at dry.

verb-intransitive. To become thirsty.

v. To burn the surface of, to scorch.

v. To roast, as dry grain.

v. To dry to extremity; to shrivel with heat.

v. To become thirsty.

v. To boil something slowly (Still used in Lancashire in parched peas, a type of mushy peas).

v. To become superficially burnt; be become sunburned.

v. To burn the surface of; to scorch; to roast over the fire, as dry grain

v. To dry to extremity; to shrivel with heat.

verb-intransitive. To become scorched or superficially burnt; to be very dry.

To expose to the strong action of fire, but without burning; roast (vegetable produce especially) partially by rapid expulsion of moisture.

To dry up; dry to extremity or to the point of burning: as, the sun's rays parch the ground; parched with thirst.

Synonyms Singe, Sear, etc. See scorch.

To become very dry; be scorched.

v. cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat

"What he saw reflected there was the exact likeness of one of the pretas, the restive spirits doomed to parch and starve because of their attachments to past lives, his hair white as death and flung out to every point of the compass, his limbs like sticks, his face seared like a hot dog left too long on the grill."

parched    parches    parching   

dry    dry out   

parched    parching   

scorch    burn    dry   

March    arch    demarche    larch    march    starch   

retir    ador    25-50    coproduct    insidethe    uni-    beaten-down    eight-rowed    nacho    unharvested