Scorching is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for SCORCHING in dictionary:

VERB:
• burn the surface of (something) with flame or heat
• become burnt when exposed to heat or a flame
• (of the heat of the sun) cause (vegetation or a place) to become dried out and lifeless
• (of a person or vehicle) move very fast
NOUN:
• the act of scorching
• the burning or charring of the surface of something
• a form of plant necrosis, typically of fungal origin, marked by browning of leaf margins.
ADVERB:
• capable of causing burns
ADJECTIVE:
• very hot
• Burning; parching or shriveling with heat.
• hot and dry enough to burn or parch a surface
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• to burn slightly so as to alter the color or taste

Words related to SCORCHING

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Words that contain SCORCHING

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How to use SCORCHING in a sentence

• From so great a distance Clotilde could distinguish only a moving crowd of black coats and light dresses, under the scorching sun.
• A bunch of Mandells, led by one of the Hungry Folk, made a futile rush which melted away into the earth before the scorching fire.
• The sun rose like a ball of fire, and shone down with scorching power on the arid plain.
• He recalls that racking head-ache, that scorching thirst, and those pains in all the bones of a wan, wasted figure lying under a patchwork quilt on a squalid bed.
• In summer the boughs protect us with their shadow against the scorching rays of the sun.
• Bad harvests, long and severe winters, and scorching summers which parched up all the fruits of the earth, required extraordinary exertions of industry.
• An indescribable smell of scorching tweed and spirit pervaded the room.
• Let thy servant do for thee what the tongs do for the smith, who by the aid of his iron tool guards his hand from scorching, and saves his fingers from burning.
• In an hour it was all over, the sun coming out bright and scorching, after the passage of the gust.
• He never seemed to suffer as other men suffered from the scorching heat of that tropical corner of the Indian Empire.
• The rains are no sooner over, than the sun breaks forth, and shines with scorching heat.
• Can you not feel for me, that to mention it is like a scorching furnace? Willoughby has entangled papa.
• It was indeed a relief to me, but we had to march another fifteen miles without water, exposed to scorching heat.
• My mules, obliged to travel under a scorching sun, sometimes had to be without water for twenty-four hours.
• Everything was intensely dry after the scorching suns of the past week, and the mischief might be great.
• He whirled the torch, brought the scorching breath of the flame across the hand resting on the rock.
• Half blinded by smoke and the scorching heat, he lost sight for a moment of the shoulder of the ledge on the east side.
• In many places even the heavy-soled shoes of the men were no protection, and they were compelled to step lively to avoid scorching their feet.
• An inverted pie pan placed in the bottom of the pot avoids scorching potatoes.
• As the scorching sun went round it forced us to change our places several times.
• While the juice is heating, spread the sugar evenly on shallow tins, and heat in the oven, stirring occasionally to keep it from scorching.
• George was thinking fast while the boy was sweating before the scorching heat of the fire.
• She seemed to feel it reaching out to her, scorching her, even as she lay.
• The short period of this planet causes it to present the south pole to the sun only one hundred and twelve days after it has been scorching the one at the north.
• Then she went out on to the porch, and down the broken steps to the windy scorching street.
• We got a rest at mid-day, if rest it could be called, under that scorching sun, which I never will forget.
• Cover with thick paper if there is the least danger of scorching.

Similar words containing SCORCH without suffix ing

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