Char - English meaning

verb

Make or become black or dark, especially as a result of burning, decay, or bruising.

Usage examples:

Stone blackened by the soot of ages

verb

To make something black

Usage examples:

For miles around, trees were blackened by the fire.

verb

(of a fire) produce flames and heat while consuming a material such as coal or wood.

Usage examples:

A fire burned and crackled cheerfully in the grate

noun

An injury caused by exposure to heat or flame.

Usage examples:

He was treated in hospital for burns to his hands

noun

A small stream.

Usage examples:

There is a burn running through the flower beds

verb

Reduce, oxidize, or desiccate by roasting or exposing to strong heat.

Usage examples:

We calcine the medicine so that we may better dissolve it

verb

Convert or be converted into carbon or charcoal, typically by heating or burning or during fossilization.

Usage examples:

The process occurs when trees are carbonized by intensely hot forest fires

verb

Change or cause to change to a different, less attractive colour.

Usage examples:

Do not over-knead the dough or it will discolour

verb

To (cause something to) change from the original colour and therefore to look unpleasant

Usage examples:

The fire had discoloured the paintwork.

verb

Burn the surface of (something) with flame or heat.

Usage examples:

Surrounding houses were scorched by heat from the blast

noun

The burning or charring of the surface of something.

Usage examples:

A scorch mark

verb

To burn a surface slightly, causing it to change color

Usage examples:

[ t ] the iron was too hot and scorched the shirt.

verb

Burn or scorch the surface of (something) with a sudden, intense heat.

Usage examples:

The water got so hot that it seared our lips

adjective

Variant spelling of sere1.

adjective

(especially of vegetation) dry or withered.

Usage examples:

Small green vineyards encircled by vast sear fields

verb

Burn (something) superficially or lightly.

Usage examples:

The fire had singed his eyebrows

noun

A superficial burn.

Usage examples:

The woman, aged 39, was able to walk to the ambulance before being taken to hospital with minor bur…

verb

To burn something slightly, or to be burned slightly

Usage examples:

The candle singed his arm hairs.

noun

Sliced bread browned on both sides by exposure to radiant heat, such as a grill or fire.

Usage examples:

She buttered a slice of toast

verb

Cook or brown (food, especially bread or cheese) by exposure to a grill, fire, or other source of radiant heat.

Usage examples:

He sat by the fire and toasted a piece of bread

verb

(of a dj) accompany a reggae backing track or music with improvised rhythmic speech.

Usage examples:

She sang, rapped, and toasted, with a voice that was often tart and sassy

verb

Roast, scorch, or dry (a substance such as an ore, a drug, or a fuel) with heat to drive off all moisture or impurities.

Usage examples:

Torrefying wood loses 30% of the mass but only 10% of the energy