parch
verb /pɑːtʃ/
/pɑːrtʃ/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they parch | /pɑːtʃ/ /pɑːrtʃ/ |
| he / she / it parches | /ˈpɑːtʃɪz/ /ˈpɑːrtʃɪz/ |
| past simple parched | /pɑːtʃt/ /pɑːrtʃt/ |
| past participle parched | /pɑːtʃt/ /pɑːrtʃt/ |
| -ing form parching | /ˈpɑːtʃɪŋ/ /ˈpɑːrtʃɪŋ/ |
- parch something (especially of hot weather) to make an area of land very dry
- A drought is parching much of the country.
Word Originlate Middle English: of unknown origin.