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  1. 🔊 (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture
    “dried-up grass”
  2. 🔊 make very hot and dry
    “The heat scorched the countryside”
  3. 🔊 cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat
    “The sun parched the earth”
  4. 🔊 become superficially burned
    “my eyebrows singed when I bent over the flames”
  5. 🔊 burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color
    “The cook blackened the chicken breast”

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