1. Make very hot and dry
   - scorch 
2. Become superficially burned
   - scorch, singe 
3. Burn slightly and superficially so as to affect colour
   - char, blacken, scorch 
4. Cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat
   - parch

1. (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture
   - dried-up, sere, shriveled [US], shrivelled [Brit, Cdn], withered

Sounds like: sere, seer, cere

Derived forms: sears, searing, seared

See also: dry

Type of: burn, combust, dry, dry out, heat, heat up

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