You can still see the scorch marks from last week's fire.
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Scorch
//skɔːtʃ//
Synonyms for "scorch" (237 found)
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Verb(1 words)
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4 entrieshas context
1 entriesis a
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2 entriesrelated to
29 entriesShowing 16 of 29 words.
Translations
115 translations across 27 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- shlyerje noun (A discolouration caused by heat)
- skuq noun (A slight or surface burn)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- ütmək verb (to wither, parch or destroy something by heat or fire)
Bulgarian
4 entries- обгаряне noun (A slight or surface burn)
- изгарям verb (to wither, parch or destroy something by heat or fire)
- изгарям се verb (to (cause to) become scorched or singed)
- карам лудо verb (to move at high speed)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 烤焦 verb (to burn the surface of something so as to discolour it)
- 疾驰 verb (to move at high speed)
Czech
4 entries- ožeh noun (A slight or surface burn)
- ožehnutí noun (A slight or surface burn)
- sežehnutí noun (A slight or surface burn)
- ožehnout verb (to burn the surface of something so as to discolour it)
Dutch
4 entries- een verkleuring veroorzaakt door hitte noun (A discolouration caused by heat)
- schroeien verb (to burn the surface of something so as to discolour it)
- verschroeien verb (to wither, parch or destroy something by heat or fire)
- verzengen verb (to burn the surface of something so as to discolour it)
Finnish
4 entries- kuivunut kohta noun (Brown discoloration on the leaves of plants caused by heat, lack of water or by fungi)
- kärventymä noun (A slight or surface burn)
- kärventymä noun (A discolouration caused by heat)
- palanut kohta noun (A discolouration caused by heat)
French
4 entries- brûler verb (to burn the surface of something so as to discolour it)
- brûler verb (to (cause to) become scorched or singed)
- incendier verb (to attack with bitter sarcasm or virulence)
- roussir verb (to burn the surface of something so as to discolour it)
Galician
4 entries- chamuscar verb (to burn the surface of something so as to discolour it)
- chamuscar verb (to (cause to) become scorched or singed)
- esturruxar verb (to burn the surface of something so as to discolour it)
- queimar verb (to wither, parch or destroy something by heat or fire)
German
3 entries- rasen verb (to move at high speed)
- verbrennen verb (to burn the surface of something so as to discolour it)
- verbrennen verb (to wither, parch or destroy something by heat or fire)
Hungarian
1 entries- perzsel verb (to burn the surface of something so as to discolour it)
Ido
3 entries- bruletar verb (to burn the surface of something so as to discolour it)
- bruletar verb (to wither, parch or destroy something by heat or fire)
- bruletar verb (to (cause to) become scorched or singed)
Irish
1 entries- tíor verb (to burn the surface of something so as to discolour it)
Italian
4 entries- bruciacchiatura noun (A slight or surface burn)
- bruciatura noun (A slight or surface burn)
- imbrunimento noun (Brown discoloration on the leaves of plants caused by heat, lack of water or by fungi)
- scottatura noun (A slight or surface burn)
Korean
1 entries- 질주 verb (to wither, parch or destroy something by heat or fire)
Latin
2 entries- adūrō verb (to burn the surface of something so as to discolour it)
- urere verb (to wither, parch or destroy something by heat or fire)
Māori
3 entries- hunuhunu verb (to burn the surface of something so as to discolour it)
- ngunu verb (to burn the surface of something so as to discolour it)
- rangirangi verb (to wither, parch or destroy something by heat or fire)
Old English
1 entries- senġan noun (A slight or surface burn)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- یانمق verb (to (cause to) become scorched or singed)
Persian
2 entries- پرهودن verb (to burn the surface of something so as to discolour it)
- پیهودن verb (to burn the surface of something so as to discolour it)
Polish
3 entries- przypalać verb (to burn the surface of something so as to discolour it)
- przypalić verb (to burn the surface of something so as to discolour it)
- przypiekać verb (to wither, parch or destroy something by heat or fire)
Portuguese
4 entries- chamuscada noun (A slight or surface burn)
- chamuscar verb (to burn the surface of something so as to discolour it)
- chamuscar verb (to (cause to) become scorched or singed)
- queimar verb (to wither, parch or destroy something by heat or fire)
Russian
4 entries- ожо́г noun (A slight or surface burn)
- вы́гореть verb (to (cause to) become scorched or singed)
- вы́жечь verb (to burn the surface of something so as to discolour it)
- выгора́ть verb (to (cause to) become scorched or singed)
Sanskrit
1 entries- प्लोषति verb (to burn the surface of something so as to discolour it)
Sicilian
4 entries- affaratura noun (A slight or surface burn)
- fuchiata noun (Brown discoloration on the leaves of plants caused by heat, lack of water or by fungi)
- scumputa noun (A discolouration caused by heat)
- stinciuta noun (A discolouration caused by heat)
Spanish
4 entries- abrasar verb (to burn the surface of something so as to discolour it)
- achicharrar verb (to burn the surface of something so as to discolour it)
- calcinar verb (to burn the surface of something so as to discolour it)
- chamuscar verb (to burn the surface of something so as to discolour it)
Swedish
1 entries- bränna verb (to burn the surface of something so as to discolour it)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
Direct sun could scorch the leaves of the ivy.
Source: tatoeba (10860369)
While wildfires continue to scorch the land on the western side of the United States, smoke has spread far beyond the edges of the blazes.
Source: tatoeba (11023120)
Lashed by mad rage, and scorched by brutal fires.
Source: wiktionary
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