Singe

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  • transitive verb. To burn superficially; scorch.
  • transitive verb. To burn off the feathers or bristles of (a carcass of a bird or animal) by subjecting briefly to flame. synonym: burn.
  • transitive verb. To burn the ends of (hair, for example).
  • transitive verb. To burn the nap from (cloth) in manufacturing.
  • noun. A slight or surface burn; a scorch.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A burning of the surface; a scorching; hence, a heat capable of singeing.
  • noun. An injury or hurt caused by singeing; a superficial burn.
  • To burn superficially; especially, to burn off the ends or projections of: as, to singe a fowl (to burn off the small downy or thready feathers left after plucking); to singe cloth or calico (to burn off the projecting pile or nap); to singe the hair of the head.
  • To parch; make arid and dry.
  • To act on with an effect similar to that of heat: said of extreme cold.
  • Figuratively, to injure superficially; come near injuring seriously; harm.
  • Synonyms Sear, etc. See scorch.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To burn slightly or superficially; to burn the surface of; to burn the ends or outside of.
  • transitive verb. undefined
  • transitive verb. To remove the nap of (cloth), by passing it rapidly over a red-hot bar, or over a flame, preliminary to dyeing it.
  • transitive verb. To remove the hair or down from (a plucked chicken or the like) by passing it over a flame.
  • noun. A burning of the surface; a slight burn.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To burn slightly.
  • noun. A burning of the surface; a slight burn.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. burn superficially or lightly
  • noun. a surface burn
  • verb. become superficially burned
  • Word Usage
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    Form
    singed  singeing  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    blacken  burn  char  combust  scorch  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Inge  binge  cringe  fringe  hinge  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    variant
    singing  
    verb-form
    singed  singeing  singes  singing