scorch

scorch
1 verb
1 (I, T) if you scorch something, or if it scorches, its surface burns slightly and changes colour: The walls had been blackened and scorched by the fire. | I scorched my new shirt with the iron.
2 (T) if strong heat scorches plants, it dries them and kills them: All the grass had been scorched brown.
3 (T) if strong heat scorches you, it burns you: The hot sand scorched our feet.
4 (intransitive always + adv/prep) BrE informal to travel extremely fast
(+ along/down/across etc): A car came scorching down the fast lane at 110 miles an hour. 2 noun
1 (C) a mark made on something where its surface has been burnt
2 (U) brown colouring on plants caused by some plant diseases

Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.

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