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1. • • To dry or roast (corn, for example) by exposing to heat.
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   • Define parching. parching synonyms, parching pronunciation, parching translation, English dictionary definition of parching. v. parched , parch·ing , parch·es v. tr. 1. To make extremely dry, especially by exposure to heat: The midsummer sun parched the earth.

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   What does parched mean?

   • 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 dry....

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   • From Middle English parchen, paarchen (“to parch; dry; roast”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant of Middle English perchen (“to roast”) . parch (third-person singular simple present parches, present participle parching, simple past and past participle parched) ( transitive) To burn the surface of, to scorch . The sun today could parch cement.

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   What is a parch mark?

   • For the purposes of recording and interpretation, parch marks are regarded as a specialised sub-category of crop mark. To-day some of the great municipalities bring water scores of miles through areas which are parched in a dry season. When he talks of this prairie as being parched, there are two sides to that question.

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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 dry. 2. To dry or roast (corn, for example) by exposing to heat.

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   ( especially of earth or crops) dried out because of too much heat and not enough rain: parched earth / fields / corn. It was the height of summer and the land was parched and brown. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. not getting much or any rain. dry I love living in a dry climate.

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   What does the adjective parching mean? There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective parching . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

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   What does the noun parching mean? There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun parching . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.

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   parching (plural parchings) The process of parching or roasting something, such as corn.

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   Jun 2, 2024 · parch (third-person singular simple present parches, present participle parching, simple past and past participle parched) ( transitive ) To burn the surface of, to scorch . The sun today could parch cement.

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   PARCH definition: 1. to dry something out because of too much heat and not enough rain: 2. to dry something out…. Learn more.