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SCORCHING

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 I. (adjective) 

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Meaning:

Hot and dry enough to burn or parch a surface

Example:

scorching heat

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

hot (used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning)

 II. (verb) 

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-ing form of the verb scorch

 III. (adverb) 

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Meaning:

Capable of causing burns

Example:

it was scorching hot

Classified under:

Adverbs

Pertainym:

scorching (hot and dry enough to burn or parch a surface)

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