parchverb [ T ]
/pɑːtʃ//pɑːrtʃ/to dry something out because of too much heat and not enough rain:
The fierce sun parched the soil.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Dry weather, arid conditions & dryness
- arid
- aridity
- as dry as a bone idiom
- bone
- bone dry idiom
- dehydrate
- desertification
- desiccated
- dried
- dry
- dry (sth) out
- dry up
- dust devil
- frazzled
- parched
- sandstorm
- semi-arid
- subarid
- sun-baked
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