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SCORCHING
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I. (adjective)
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Meaning:
Hot and dry enough to burn or parch a surface
Example:
scorching heat
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Similar:
hot (used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning)
II. (verb)
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-ing form of the verb scorch
III. (adverb)
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Meaning:
Example:
it was scorching hot
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Pertainym:
scorching (hot and dry enough to burn or parch a surface)