parch
See also: Parch.
English
Etymology
From Middle English parchen, paarchen (“to parch; dry; roast”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant of Middle English perchen (“to roast”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /pɑɹtʃ/
Audio (US) (file) - (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pɑːtʃ/
- Rhymes: -ɑː(r)tʃ
Verb
parch (third-person singular simple present parches, present participle parching, simple past and past participle parched)
- (transitive) To burn the surface of, to scorch.
- The sun today could parch cement.
- (transitive) To roast, as dry grain.
- Bible, Leviticus xxiii. 14
- Ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn.
- Bible, Leviticus xxiii. 14
- (transitive) To dry to extremity; to shrivel with heat.
- The patient's mouth is parched from fever.
- (transitive, colloquial) To make thirsty.
- We're parched, hon. Could you send up an ale from the cooler?
- (transitive, archaic) To boil something slowly (Still used in Lancashire in parched peas, a type of mushy peas).
- (intransitive) To become superficially burnt; be become sunburned.
- The locals watched, amused, as the tourists parched in the sun, having neglected to apply sunscreen or bring water.
Translations
to burn the surface of; to scorch
to dry to extremity
to become thirsty
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to become scorched or superficially burnt; to be very dry
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Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /parx/
Audio (file)
Declension
Declension
Welsh
Etymology
Back-formation from parchu (“to respect”).
Derived terms
- parchus (“respectable; respectful”)
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