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Meaning of "scorch" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SCORCH

Probably from Old Norse skorpna to shrivel up.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SCORCH

scorch  [skɔːtʃ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SCORCH

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Scorch is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb scorch in English.

WHAT DOES SCORCH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of scorch in the English dictionary

The first definition of scorch in the dictionary is to burn or become burnt, so as to affect the colour, taste, etc, or to cause or feel pain. Other definition of scorch is to wither or parch or cause to wither from exposure to heat. Scorch is also to be very hot.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SCORCH

PRESENT

Present
I scorch
you scorch
he/she/it scorches
we scorch
you scorch
they scorch
Present continuous
I am scorching
you are scorching
he/she/it is scorching
we are scorching
you are scorching
they are scorching
Present perfect
I have scorched
you have scorched
he/she/it has scorched
we have scorched
you have scorched
they have scorched
Present perfect continuous
I have been scorching
you have been scorching
he/she/it has been scorching
we have been scorching
you have been scorching
they have been scorching
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I scorched
you scorched
he/she/it scorched
we scorched
you scorched
they scorched
Past continuous
I was scorching
you were scorching
he/she/it was scorching
we were scorching
you were scorching
they were scorching
Past perfect
I had scorched
you had scorched
he/she/it had scorched
we had scorched
you had scorched
they had scorched
Past perfect continuous
I had been scorching
you had been scorching
he/she/it had been scorching
we had been scorching
you had been scorching
they had been scorching
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will scorch
you will scorch
he/she/it will scorch
we will scorch
you will scorch
they will scorch
Future continuous
I will be scorching
you will be scorching
he/she/it will be scorching
we will be scorching
you will be scorching
they will be scorching
Future perfect
I will have scorched
you will have scorched
he/she/it will have scorched
we will have scorched
you will have scorched
they will have scorched
Future perfect continuous
I will have been scorching
you will have been scorching
he/she/it will have been scorching
we will have been scorching
you will have been scorching
they will have been scorching
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would scorch
you would scorch
he/she/it would scorch
we would scorch
you would scorch
they would scorch
Conditional continuous
I would be scorching
you would be scorching
he/she/it would be scorching
we would be scorching
you would be scorching
they would be scorching
Conditional perfect
I would have scorch
you would have scorch
he/she/it would have scorch
we would have scorch
you would have scorch
they would have scorch
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been scorching
you would have been scorching
he/she/it would have been scorching
we would have been scorching
you would have been scorching
they would have been scorching
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you scorch
we let´s scorch
you scorch
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to scorch
Past participle
scorched
Present Participle
scorching
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SCORCH


arch
ɑːtʃ
beach
biːtʃ
bescorch
bɪˈskɔːtʃ
blowtorch
ˈbləʊˌtɔːtʃ
church
tʃɜːtʃ
debauch
dɪˈbɔːtʃ
each
iːtʃ
march
mɑːtʃ
nach
nɔːtʃ
nauch
nɔːtʃ
nautch
nɔːtʃ
outreach
ˌaʊtˈriːtʃ
peach
piːtʃ
porch
pɔːtʃ
reach
riːtʃ
research
rɪˈsɜːtʃ
search
sɜːtʃ
speech
spiːtʃ
teach
tiːtʃ
torch
tɔːtʃ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SCORCH

scorbutic
scorbutically
scorched
scorched earth policy
scorcher
scorching
scorchingly
scorchingness
scordato
scordatura
score
score draw
score off
score out
score points off
scoreboard
scorecard
scorekeeper
scoreless
scoreline

WORDS THAT END LIKE SCORCH

acetylene torch
Baptist Church
birch
Catholic Church
Christchurch
job search
market research
monarch
Olympic torch
operational research
Orthodox Church
oxyacetylene torch
plasma torch
put to the torch
sleeping porch
States of the Church
sun porch
Ter Borch
the Long March
welding torch

Synonyms and antonyms of scorch in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SCORCH»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «scorch» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of scorch
bake · barrel · belt · blacken · blister · bomb · burn · char · dry up · parch · roast · sear · shrivel · singe · speed · tear · whizz · wither · zoom

Translation of «scorch» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SCORCH

Find out the translation of scorch to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of scorch from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «scorch» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

烧焦
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

chamuscar
570 millions of speakers

English

scorch
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जलाकर राख
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التلويح
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ожоги
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

chamuscar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মোটর চালান
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

roussir
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

terbakar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

versengen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

焦がす
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

그슬리다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sirah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cháy sém
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வாட்டு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

झोडपून काढणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

alazlamak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

bruciacchiare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

odparzenia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

опіки
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pârli
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εγκαύματα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

skroei
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

anvulkning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

svi
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of scorch

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SCORCH»

The term «scorch» is quite widely used and occupies the 45.980 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SCORCH» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «scorch» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «scorch» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about scorch

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2 QUOTES WITH «SCORCH»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word scorch.
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Lucretius
Though the dungeon, the scourge, and the executioner be absent, the guilty mind can apply the goad and scorch with blows.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
When cyclones tear up Oklahoma and hurricanes swamp Alabama and wildfires scorch Texas, you come to us, the rest of the country, for billions of dollars to recover. And the damage that your polluters and deniers are doing doesn't just hit Oklahoma and Alabama and Texas. It hits Rhode Island with floods and storms.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SCORCH»

Discover the use of scorch in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to scorch and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Scorch Trials (Maze Runner, Book Two)
Read the second book in the New York Times bestselling Maze Runner series, perfect for fans of The Hunger Games and Divergent.
James Dashner, 2010
2
Scorch
Sixteen-year-old Lex Bartleby is a teenage grim reaper with the bizarre ability to Damn souls.
Gina Damico, 2012
3
Scorch
This is a darkly comic first novel of a dystopian future, with echoes of 1984 and Brave New World.
A. D. Nauman, 2001
4
Scorch Atlas: A Belated Primer (Large Print 16pt)
In this striking novel-in-stories, a series of strange apocalypses have hit America.
Blake Butler, 2010
5
Scorch
Sex can be the most devastating weapon. 2003 Dream Realm Award Best Erotica
Nage Archer, 2007
6
Bacterial Leaf Scorch Xylella Fastidiosa Wells Et Al. and ...
The bacterium Xylella fastidiosa and its potential insect vectors were studied in central New Jersey.
Jianxin Zhang, 2008
7
Scorch City
The dazzling follow-up to Toby Ball's acclaimed period thriller, The Vaults, takes us back to his dystopian City, fifteen years later.
Toby Ball, 2011
8
Science Fair Season: Twelve Kids, a Robot Named Scorch . . . ...
This is the engaging true story of kids competing in the high-stakes, high-drama world of international science fairs.
Judy Dutton, 2011
9
Scorch
Hollywood special effects pyrotechnician and ex-Navy SEAL David Cole is forced to relive the horrors of war when a trained killer tries to murder him.
Marc Paoletti, 2008
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To Scorch Or Freeze: Poems about the Sacred
"Few modern poets have managed to achieve Donald Davie's sense of human worth."—Times Higher Educational Supplement Poems about the Sacred: The result is a series of poems that speak of moral indignation and spiritual discovery without ...
Donald Davie, 1988

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SCORCH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term scorch is used in the context of the following news items.
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Watch the Official Second Trailer for 'Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials'
After the first trailer had released in mid-May this year, the official second trailer for the highly anticipated next chapter of Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials has ... «Highsnobiety, Jul 15»
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'Maze Runner' ups the action (and the insanity) in new 'Scorch Trials …
A new trailer for Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials has hit the Internet and while it looks really fun and very action-packed, it is just a wee-bit confusing (and yes, ... «USA TODAY, Jul 15»
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"Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials" Posters
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials is hitting theaters on September 18, 2015 and fans of the book series and the first movie in the franchise are pretty much ... «Twist Magazine, Jul 15»
4
Review/ Read Along: Meet The New Kids in “The Scorch Trials …
The Scorch Trials,” sequel to “The Maze Runner” (written by James Dashner and directed by Wes Ball) will be hitting the big screen on September 18. To get ... «Emertainment Monthly, Jul 15»
5
The Maze Runner Cast at Comic-Con: Who Will Survive the Scorch?
The cast of Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials stopped by our POPSUGAR Comic-Con suite to catch up on the highly anticipated sequel to the YA movie. And we ... «POPSUGAR, Jul 15»
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Comic-Con 2015: Meet the new characters of Maze Runner: The …
For the cast of The Maze Runner, the movie's sequel means, well, more running. But this time around, in Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials, there's even more to ... «Entertainment Weekly, Jul 15»
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Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials exclusive image: Dylan O'Brien is …
That's where we find Dylan O'Brien's Thomas and other survivors of The Maze Runner as they fight in the wasteland of The Scorch Trials, the second film based ... «Entertainment Weekly, Jul 15»
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'Maze Runner' Goes 'Minecraft' In Clever New 'Scorch Trials' Trailer
The Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials opens September 18 th, 2015 from 20 th Century Fox. It stars Dylan O'Brien, Nathalie Emmanuel, Kaya Scodelario, ... «Forbes, Jun 15»
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'The Scorch Trials': Go Deeper Into The Maze With Our Exclusive …
“Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials,” the eagerly-anticipated sequel to last year's hit movie “The Maze Runner,” won't arrive in theaters to cause us all severe ... «MTV.com, Jun 15»
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Exclusive: 'The Scorch Trials' Gets A Burning Hot Movie Tie-In
Sadly, the movie tie-in edition of James Dashner's bestselling “The Scorch Trials” doesn't come with a copy of Dylan O'Brien with every purchase… But that ... «MTV.com, Jun 15»

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