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{
"term": "scorch",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "scorch",
"heSheIt": "scorches"
},
"pastSimple": "scorched",
"pastParticiple": "scorched",
"ingForm": "scorching"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to burn and slightly damage a surface by making it too hot; to be slightly burned by heat",
"sensetop": "scorch (something)scorch something + adj.",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I scorched my dress when I was ironing it.",
"contextForm": "scorch (something)"
},
{
"text": "Don't stand so near the fire—your coat is scorching!"
},
{
"text": "The buildings around us were scorched black by the fire.",
"contextForm": "scorch something + adj."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to become or to make something become dry and brown, especially from the heat of the sun or from chemicals",
"sensetop": "scorch (something)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "scorched grass"
},
{
"text": "The leaves will scorch if you water them in the sun."
},
{
"text": "Wildfires have scorched over two million acres of forest."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to move very fast",
"sensetop": "+ adv./prep.",
"labels": "(British English, informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The car scorched off down the road."
},
{
"text": "She scorched to victory in the sprint final."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/skɔːtʃ/",
"audio": "sc/scorch/scorch__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈskɔːtʃɪz/",
"audio": "sc/scorch/scorches__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/skɔːtʃt/",
"audio": "sc/scorch/scorched__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈskɔːtʃɪŋ/",
"audio": "sc/scorch/scorching__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/skɔːrtʃ/",
"audio": "sc/scorch/scorch__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈskɔːrtʃɪz/",
"audio": "sc/scorch/scorches__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/skɔːrtʃt/",
"audio": "sc/scorch/scorched__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈskɔːrtʃɪŋ/",
"audio": "sc/scorch/scorching__us_2.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English (as a verb): perhaps related to Old Norse skorpna ‘be shrivelled’."
}