parch

/pɑ:tʃ/

Thân thiện

The sun parched the earth, leaving deep cracks in the soil.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To make something extremely dry, especially by exposure to heat: To remove all moisture, causing something to become dry, shriveled, or scorched.
   • To make someone very thirsty: To cause a feeling of extreme dryness in the mouth or throat.

Usage

• The verb "parch" is typically used with an object (transitive). It describes the action of heat or lack of water causing extreme dryness.
• It often describes the effect of the sun or hot wind on land, crops, or a person's body.
• It can be used in both literal (physical dryness) and figurative (intense thirst) contexts.

Examples

• Literal (drying land/objects):
  • The relentless sun will parch the fields if it doesn't rain soon.
  • We parched the corn over the fire to preserve it.
• Literal (affecting a person):
  • The desert heat parched my throat.
  • Her lips were parched from the dry wind.
• Figurative (thirst):
  • That long hike parched me; I need a gallon of water.

Advanced Usage

• "Parched" as an adjective: The past participle "parched" is commonly used as an adjective to describe a state of extreme dryness.
  • The parched earth cracked underfoot.
  • He had a parched feeling in his mouth.

Variants and Related Words

• Parched (adj.): Made dry, especially by heat; very thirsty.
  • The travelers were tired and parched.
• Parching (adj.): Capable of or causing parching; intensely drying.
  • A parching wind blew from the east.

Synonyms

• Desiccate: To remove the moisture from something, making it completely dry.
• Dehydrate: To remove water from; often used for food preservation or the human body.
• Sear: To burn or scorch the surface of something.
• Scorch: To burn the surface of something with sudden, intense heat.

Antonyms

• Moisten: To make slightly wet.
• Hydrate: To cause to absorb water.
• Drench: To wet thoroughly; to soak.

Related Phrases/Idioms

• Parch-dry: An emphatic term meaning completely dry.
  • The riverbed was parch-dry after months of drought.
• Parching thirst: An intense, drying thirst.
  • He woke with a parching thirst in the middle of the night.

Học thuật

Verb

1. cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat
   • The sun parched the earth

Từ đồng nghĩa

• sear