Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In metal-working, the process of roughing out tools on a dry grindstone before they are hardened and tempered. It is so called from the great heat produced.
- Burning; torrid; very hot.
- Causing a sensation as of burning; stinging; hence, figuratively, bitterly sarcastic or upbraiding; caustic: scathing.
- noun Fast riding on a bicycle or in a motor-car.
- noun The injury caused to tender bark or leaves of plants by excessive heat of the sun. See
firing , 7.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Burning; parching or shriveling with heat.
- adjective sufficiently hot to cause scorching.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Very
hot . - verb Present participle of
scorch .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb capable of causing burns
- adjective hot and dry enough to burn or parch a surface
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Examples
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Whether in scorching heat or foggy gloom, driving along the Pacific Coast Highway toward Pepperdine University in Malibu is always a pleasure.
Edward Goldman: A Lovely Stew of Fashion and Nudity, Plus a Dash of the Profane Edward Goldman 2010
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Whether in scorching heat or foggy gloom, driving along the Pacific Coast Highway toward Pepperdine University in Malibu is always a pleasure.
Edward Goldman: A Lovely Stew of Fashion and Nudity, Plus a Dash of the Profane Edward Goldman 2010
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Whether in scorching heat or foggy gloom, driving along the Pacific Coast Highway toward Pepperdine University in Malibu is always a pleasure.
Edward Goldman: A Lovely Stew of Fashion and Nudity, Plus a Dash of the Profane Edward Goldman 2010
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Whether in scorching heat or foggy gloom, driving along the Pacific Coast Highway toward Pepperdine University in Malibu is always a pleasure.
Edward Goldman: A Lovely Stew of Fashion and Nudity, Plus a Dash of the Profane Edward Goldman 2010
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Last June, walking past one such restaurant whose kitchen extends to the sidewalk, I saw a dozen or so men huddled within scorching distance of giant cauldrons in which meat and potatoes simmered.
Caveat Donor 2008
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Last June, walking past one such restaurant whose kitchen extends to the sidewalk, I saw a dozen or so men huddled within scorching distance of giant cauldrons in which meat and potatoes simmered.
Caveat Donor 2008
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The Tour is a three-week slog through the sometimes flat and often hilly French countryside, usually in scorching July temperatures.
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And considering the amount of energy needed to keep a man made iceberg under 32 degrees in scorching summers on the Persian Gulf, it’s almost amusing to hear Blue Crystal touted as sustainable.
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There’s no question that Bugliosi succeeds in scorching the CT terrain with ferocious, even definitive, plausibility.
A Knoll of One’s Own 2007
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There’s no question that Bugliosi succeeds in scorching the CT terrain with ferocious, even definitive, plausibility.
A Knoll of One’s Own 2007
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