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(pärch) pronunciation

v., parched, parch·ing, parch·es.

v.tr.
  1. To make extremely dry, especially by exposure to heat: The midsummer sun parched the earth. See synonyms at burn1.
  2. To make thirsty.
  3. To dry or roast (corn, for example) by exposing to heat.
v.intr.
  1. To become very dry. See synonyms at dry.
  2. To become thirsty.

[Middle English parchen.]


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verb

    To make or become free of moisture: dehydrate, desiccate, dry (out), exsiccate. See dry/wet.


v

Definition: dry, burn
Antonyms: dampen, moisten, wet

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - riste
v. intr. - tørre ind

Nederlands (Dutch)
uitdrogen, licht roosteren

Français (French)
v. tr. - dessécher
v. intr. - se dessécher

Deutsch (German)
v. - austrocknen, ausdörren

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - ξεραίνω, καψαλίζω, ψήνω, κατακαίω, ξεροψήνω, καβουρντίζω

Italiano (Italian)
inaridirsi, essiccare, inaridire

Português (Portuguese)
v. - ressecar, tostar, queimar, ressecar-se

Русский (Russian)
высушивать, морить жаждой

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - resecar
v. intr. - resecarse

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - sveda, bränna, torka ut

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
烘, 烤, 使燥热, 使干透, 使干渴, 烤干, 焦干

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 烘, 烤, 使燥熱, 使幹透, 使乾渴
v. intr. - 烤幹, 焦幹

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 볶다, 바싹 말리다, 말려서 보존하다
v. intr. - 바싹 마르다, 타다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 煎る, 乾ききらせる, 干上がる, 焼ける

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يحمص تحميصا خفيفا, يجفف, يعطش, يظميء, يظمأ‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮ייבש, הצחיח, קלה‬
v. intr. - ‮התייבש, הצחיח‬


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