parch

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. fiil To burn the surface of, to scorch.

   “The sun today could parch cement.”

2. fiil To roast, as dry grain.

   “Ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn.”

3. fiil To dry to extremity; to shrivel with heat.

   “The patient’s mouth is parched from fever.”

4. fiil To make very thirsty.

   “We're parched, hon. Could you send up an ale from the cooler?”

5. fiil To boil something slowly (Still used in Lancashire in parched peas, a type of mushy peas).
6. fiil To become superficially burnt; to become sunburned.

   “The locals watched, amused, as the tourists parched in the sun, having neglected to apply sunscreen or bring water.”

7. isim The condition of being parched.

   “Yet here he is, not at the head, but somewhere toward the rear of the serpentine queue wending its way through all this parch […].”