parch
parch is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.2. To dry to extremity; to shrivel with heat; as, the mouth is parched from fever. The ground below is parched. Dryden.
- 2.To become scorched or superficially burnt; to be very dry. "Parch in Afric sun." Shak.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- adust
- anhydrous
- arefaction
- arid
- aridity
- biscuit
- blow
- bone
- chemical
- clothes
- clothesline
- dehydrate
- dephlegmation
- desiccate
- desiccation
- desiccative
- device
- drain
- drainage
- dried
- drier
- drought
- dry
- drying
- dryness
- dust
- ebb
- electric
- exsiccate
- exsiccation
- fine
- gas
- hair
- hang
- hold
- husky
- juiceless
- kiln
- low
- mummify
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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