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# scorch

«scorch» in Mova's school dictionary: **to burn its surface a little, so it turns brown or black** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (scorch, scorches, scorched, scorching); noun (a scorch, scorches — a scorch mark)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To scorch something is to burn its surface a little, so it turns brown or black. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scorch/#m1)

2) The sun can scorch grass or plants, drying them out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scorch/#m2)

3) A scorch (scorch mark) is a small burnt mark. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scorch/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In safety lessons: an iron can scorch clothes, a hot pan can scorch the table. In science, hot dry weather scorches the land. Phrases: «scorch mark», «scorched earth», «scorching hot».

### examples

- The iron scorched my shirt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scorch/#x1)
- The hot sun scorched the grass. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scorch/#x2)
- There's a scorch mark on the table from the hot pan. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scorch/#x3)
- Don't leave the toast too long or it will scorch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scorch/#x4)
- The fire scorched the trees but did not burn them down. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scorch/#x5)
- The bushfire scorched the hills. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scorch/#x6)
- Fire, fire! do not scorch me like this; you can’t think how it hurts.’ [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scorch/#x7)

### note

Regular verb. Scorch is lighter than burn: only the outside is damaged.

### In the corpora

- [Her heart raced, her dog hid under the bed for a whole day, and the porch boards were scorched.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/342-breaking-things-and-hiding-the-pieces/6/)
- [Her heart raced, her dog hid under the bed for a whole day, and the porch boards were scorched.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/365-confession-prayer-and-making-amends-at-church/4/)
- [Or can one walk upon hot coals, and his feet not be scorched?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.169/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «scorch» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scorch/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.