Verb
1. make very hot and dry;
"The heat scorched the countryside"2. become superficially burned;
"my eyebrows singed when I bent over the flames"3. destroy completely by or as if by fire;
"The wildfire scorched the forest and several homes""the invaders scorched the land"4. burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color;
"The cook blackened the chicken breast""The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece""the flames scorched the ceiling"5. become scorched or singed under intense heat or dry conditions;
"The exposed tree scorched in the hot sun"