parched

Thân thiện

The hiker drank from his canteen because his throat was parched.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Extremely dry, especially from heat: Describes something that has become very dry due to high temperatures or excessive exposure to the sun.
   • Very thirsty: Used informally to describe a person who feels a strong need to drink.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective (Dry):
  • The parched soil cracked under the relentless sun.
  • After weeks without rain, the grass became parched and brown.
• Adjective (Thirsty - Informal):
  • After the long hike, I was absolutely parched.
  • Can I have some water? I'm parched.

Advanced Usage

• "Parched for": Used metaphorically to express a strong desire or craving for something non-liquid.
  • The students were parched for knowledge.
  • He was parched for a bit of good news.

Variants and Related Words

• Parch (verb): To make something extremely dry through heat.
  • The summer heat will parch the land.
• Parchedness (noun): The state of being parched (less common).

Synonyms

• Arid: Very dry, especially of a climate or region.
• Dehydrated: Dried out, often used for living things.
• Desiccated: Dried out thoroughly, often in a scientific or formal context.
• Scorched: Dried and discolored by intense heat.
• Baked: Dried by heat, as if in an oven.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• "Parched as a bone": An informal simile emphasizing extreme dryness or thirst.
  • This desert is as parched as a bone.
• "To be parched to the core": To be completely and utterly dried out.
  • The drought left the farmland parched to the core.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. toasted or roasted slightly
   • parched corn was a staple of the Indian diet
2. dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight
   • a vast desert all adust
   • land lying baked in the heat
   • parched soil
   • the earth was scorched and bare
   • sunbaked salt flats

Từ đồng nghĩa

• adust
• baked
• scorched
• sunbaked