scorch

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

1. A slight or surface burn.
2. A discolouration caused by heat.
3. Brown discoloration on the leaves of plants caused by heat, lack of water or by fungi.

Verb

1. To burn the surface of something so as to discolour it
2. To wither, parch or destroy something by heat or fire, especially to make land or buildings unusable to an enemy
3. (To cause) to become scorched or singed
4. To move at high speed (so as to leave scorch marks on the ground, physically or figuratively).
5. To burn; to destroy by, or as by, fire.
6. To attack with bitter sarcasm or virulence.
7. (colloquial) To ride a bicycle furiously on a public highway.

sinonimi

burn

singe

sear

parch

char

roast

broil

scald

toast

blacken

fire

🔥

cauterise

wither

burn down

bake

scratch

torch

warm

☀️

burn up

dry

heat

revile

dry up

swinge

fry

darn

decrial

diatribe

drub

fan

fritter away

get after

get at

glow

grill

growl

haze

heat up

ignite

inveigh

jump on

mag

🔍

miscall

objurgate

plant disease

prick

put out

rail

retire

revilement

row

scalded

scathe

scold

scorching

seduce

skin

slang

slog

smart

smoke

sting

strafe

strike out

swear

swear at

swot

tag

take apart

tee off

throw up

throw mud at

give someone hell

urticate

ustulate

vituperate

warm up

whip

be at

burn to a crisp

comb down

combust

come down on

get burned

inveigh against

lay someone out

let into

make hot

rail against

set afire

set fire to

shine upon

scorching sun

burn hole

destroy by fire

setdown

abuse

sweal

be down on

be on at

bum-rap

call over the coals

rip into

scold for

give somebody hell

4

heat thoroughly

heat injury

slangwhang

yaff

shed heat upon

drive recklessly

blast on someone

chew somebody's ass out

get on somebody's ass

lay out someone

sling mud at

сall names

go off at smb.

give fits

bust chops

give somebody shit

trash someone

cut a beef

utter imprecations

tell someone Off

claw away

deal it out

go crook

ass-kick

let go with

give someone a tongue-lashing

ballock somebody

bollock somebody

give curry

ride a pony

slap someone's wrist

pass through fire

ban

barbecue

bawl out

be after

berate

bite

blast

blaze

blow

blow up

brand

bring up

bullyrag

burn off

call down

cant

catch fire

cauterize

chastise

chide

clapperclaw

clobber

comb

condemn

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/skɔːtʃ/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: scorchen

In summary

From Middle English scorchen, scorcnen (“to make dry; parch”), perhaps an alteration of earlier *scorpnen, from Old Norse skorpna (“to shrivel up”).