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parch

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parch  (pärch)
v. parched, parch·ing, parch·es
v.tr.
1. To make extremely dry, especially by exposure to heat: The midsummer sun parched the earth. See Synonyms at burn1.
2. To make thirsty.
3. To dry or roast (corn, for example) by exposing to heat.
v.intr.
1. To become very dry. See Synonyms at dry.
2. To become thirsty.

[Middle English parchen.]

parch [pɑːtʃ]
vb
1. to deprive or be deprived of water; dry up the sun parches the fields
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Physiology) (tr; usually passive) to make very thirsty I was parched after the run
3. (Cookery) (tr) to roast (corn, etc.) lightly
[of obscure origin]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.parch - cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat; "The sun parched the earth"
dry, dry out - remove the moisture from and make dry; "dry clothes"; "dry hair"
Translations
parch [pɑːtʃ]
A. VTsecar, resecar, agostar
B. VIsecarse

parch [ˈpɑːrtʃ] vtdessécher

parch

parch [pɑːtʃ] vtriardere
parch [pɑːtʃ] vtriardere

parch
v parch [paːtʃ]
to make hot and very dry The sun parched the earth. verdor يَسْفَع، يُحَمِّص изсушавам sežehnout afsvide; udtørre ausdörren ξεραίνω agostar, secar, resecar kuivaks kõrvetama خشکاندن paahtaa dessécher לְיַבֵּש झुलसाना, झुलसना ispržiti kiszárít menjadikan panas dan kering þurrka upp inaridire, riardere あぶる (태양이)바싹 말리다 (iš)deginti, (iš)džiovinti kveldēt; svilināt menyebabkan sst kering kontang verdorren uttørke, svi spiekać ressecar a pârjoli; a usca иссушать spáliť izsušiti spržiti sveda, bränna, förtorka ตากแห้ง kavurup kurutmak 使乾透,烤(乾),烘(乾) висушувати; палити سُکھانا، خشک کرنا nung 使),
adj parched
1 hot and dry Nothing could grow in the parched land. dor جاف وحار засъхнал vyprahlý afsvedet; udtørret ausgedörrt ξεραμένος agostado, reseco kõrbenud خشکیده rutikuiva desséché צָחִיח झुलसना isušiti kiszáradt kering skraufþurr og heitur, skrælnaður inaridito かわききった 바싹 마른 išdegintas, išdžiūvęs, sukepęs izdedzis; izkveldēts; izžuvis kering kontang dor (av)svidd, uttørket spieczony, wysuszony ressequido uscat засушливый vyprahnutý izsušen spržen svedd, bränd, förtorkad ซึ่งร้อนและแห้ง kavrulmuş, kurumuş 炎熱的,乾透的 пересохлий; висушений خشک زمين khô nẻ
2 thirsty Can I have a cup of tea – I'm parched! dors, baie dors عَطْشان жаден umírající žízní tørstig ausgedörrt διψασμένος muerto de sed, sediento janust nõrkemas تشنه janoinen qui meurt de soif צָמֵא מְאוֹד प्यासा isušen,fig.strašno žedan kitikkadt haus sem er að deyja úr þorsta, skrælnaður (che muore di sete) のどがからから 목마른 ištroškęs izslāpis dahaga versmachtend van de dorst tørr i munnen/halsen spragniony seco mort de sete пересохший umierať od smädu imeti suho grlo žedan torr i halsen, mycket törstig กระหาย çok susamış 口渴的 такий, у кого пересохло в горлі پياسا khát khô cổ


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How, as that somebody slowly settled down into myself, did I begin to parch, and feel as if my outer covering of skin were a hard board; my tongue the bottom of an empty kettle, furred with long service, and burning up over a slow fire; the palms of my hands, hot plates of metal which no ice could cool!
There was one or two Frenchmen that squatted in the flats further west, and married squaws; and some of the Scotch- Irishers, from the Cherry Valley, would come on to the lake, and borrow my canoe to take a mess of parch, or drop a line for salmon- trout; but, in the main, it was a cheerful place, and I had but little to disturb me in it.
But ever--and here the torment lay--she was drawn back from these far-wanderings to her present trouble, with its parch in the throat, its ache in the breast, and its gnawing, vacant goneness.
 
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