scorch

Meanings

1. 1
   noun A slight or surface burn.
2. 2
   noun A discolouration caused by heat.
3. 3
   noun Brown discoloration on the leaves of plants caused by heat, lack of water or by fungi.
4. 4
   verb To burn the surface of something so as to discolour it
5. 5
   verb To wither, parch or destroy something by heat or fire, especially to make land or buildings unusable to an enemy
6. 6
   verb (To cause) to become scorched or singed
7. 7
   verb To move at high speed (so as to leave scorch marks on the ground, physically or figuratively).
8. 8
   verb To burn; to destroy by, or as by, fire.
9. 9
   verb To attack with bitter sarcasm or virulence.
10. 10
    verb To ride a bicycle furiously on a public highway.