The meaning of Parch

adjective

(of heat) intense.

Usage examples:

The blistering heat of the desert

verb

Form blisters on the skin or other surface.

Usage examples:

The surface of the door began to blister

adjective

Very strong and severe

Usage examples:

The vice president launched a blistering attack on senate republicans.

adjective

At or near boiling point.

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Boiling water

noun

The action of bringing a liquid to the temperature at which it bubbles and turns to vapour.

Usage examples:

Reheat gently to just below boiling

verb

(with reference to a liquid) reach or cause to reach the temperature at which it bubbles and turns to vapour.

Usage examples:

We asked people to boil their drinking water

adjective

On fire.

Usage examples:

A burning building

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

adjective

Consisting of fire or burning strongly and brightly.

Usage examples:

The sun was a fiery ball low on the hills

adjective

Flaming or extremely bright, hot, or of a red color like fire

Usage examples:

A fiery explosion, the fiery rays of the sun, fig. fiery (= spicy hot) chili, he’s known for his fi…

adjective

Burning fiercely and emitting flames.

Usage examples:

They dragged her away from the flaming car

verb

Burn and give off flames.

Usage examples:

A great fire flamed in an open fireplace

adjective

Used to add force, especially anger, to something that is said

Usage examples:

Put that down you flaming idiot!, we had a flaming row over it last night.

noun

The action of cooking something in an oven or over an open fire.

Usage examples:

Maris piper potatoes are ideal for roasting

adjective

Very hot and dry.

Usage examples:

A roasting day in london

verb

Cook (food, especially meat) by prolonged exposure to heat in an oven or over a fire.

Usage examples:

She was going to roast a leg of mutton for sunday dinner

adjective

Very hot.

Usage examples:

The scorching july sun

verb

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

Usage examples:

Surrounding houses were scorched by heat from the blast

adjective

(of the weather) very hot

Usage examples:

I don’t want to be outside in this scorching heat., it was scorching hot at the beach.

adjective

Extremely hot or intense.

Usage examples:

The searing heat of the sun

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

Very hot

Usage examples:

Searing temperatures, gary felt searing pain in his leg.

adjective

Very hot.

Usage examples:

The sizzling summer temperatures

verb

(of food) make a hissing sound when frying or cooking.

Usage examples:

The bacon began to sizzle in the pan

adjective

Very hot

Usage examples:

Sizzling summer days mean you want to spend less time in a hot kitchen, so eating outdoors is often…

adjective

Uncomfortably hot.

Usage examples:

A sweltering english summer

verb

Be uncomfortably hot.

Usage examples:

Barney sweltered in his doorman's uniform

adjective

Extremely hot

Usage examples:

A sweltering summer day

adjective

Very hot and dry.

Usage examples:

The torrid heat of the afternoon

adjective

(of weather) extremely hot

Usage examples:

Summers in the tropics are torrid., he kept up his torrid hitting pace with a sixth homer in eight …

adjective

A torrid period of time is full of difficult problems

Usage examples:

The manufacturing sector is going through torrid times., these were a torrid few days for spanish i…

adjective

Intended to make someone feel humiliated; scornful.

Usage examples:

A withering look

verb

(of a plant) become dry and shrivelled.

Usage examples:

The grass had withered to an unappealing brown

adjective

Expressing strong criticism

Usage examples:

She delivered a withering attack on the book and its authors.