parched

adjective

Needing or desiring drink: dry, thirsty. Archaic athirst. See dry/wet.

adj

Definition: very dry
Antonyms: damp, moist, quenched, wet

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IN BRIEF: Dried or dehydrated usually due to heat.

The summer heat parched the vegetable garden.

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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight
  Synonyms: adust, baked, scorched, sunbaked

Meaning #2: toasted or roasted slightly

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - sveden

Nederlands (Dutch)
uitgedroogd, verdord, zeer dorstig

Français (French)
adj. - desséché

Deutsch (German)
adj. - ausgedörrt, trocken

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ξηρός, στεγνός, άνυδρος

Italiano (Italian)
disseccato, inaridito, riarso, arso dalla sete

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - ressecado, queimado

Русский (Russian)
иссушенный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - seco, reseco

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - förtorkad, förbränd

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
炒过的, 干透的, 焦的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 炒過的, 幹透的, 焦的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 볶은, 바싹 말린

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - かわき切った, 渇いた, 乾き切った

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مجفف, محمص, مشوي, لاذع, ناشف ريقه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮יבש, צחיח, קלוי, חרב‬

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