English to English
adjective
- Dry; withered; no longer green; -- applied to leaves.
source: Webster 1913
noun
- The catch in a gunlock by which the hammer is held cocked or half cocked.
source: Webster 1913
adjective satellite
- (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture
Dried-up grass.
The desert was edged with sere vegetation.
Shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings.
Withered vines.
source: WordNet 3.0
verb
- make very hot and dry
The heat scorched the countryside.
source: WordNet 3.0
- become superficially burned
My eyebrows singed when I bent over the flames.
source: WordNet 3.0
- burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color
The cook blackened the chicken breast.
The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece.
The flames scorched the ceiling.
source: WordNet 3.0
- cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat
The sun parched the earth.
source: WordNet 3.0
- To wither; to dry up.
source: Webster 1913
