scorch

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for scorch

scorch 🔊 /skɔˈɹʧ/

scorch : මතුපිටින් දවනවා

scorch : කර කරනවා

scorch definition

Transitive verb.

  1. To burn superficially; to parch, or shrivel, the surface of, by heat; to subject to so much heat as changes color and texture without consuming; as, to scorch linen.
  2. To affect painfully with heat, or as with heat; to dry up with heat; to affect as by heat.
  3. To burn; to destroy by, or as by, fire.

Intransitive verb.

  1. To be burnt on the surface; to be parched; to be dried up.
  2. To burn or be burnt.