parch — to make or become extremely dry through heat
Part of speech: VERB
Definition: to make or become extremely dry through heat
Pronunciation (IPA): /pɑːrtʃ/
Example Sentences
- My teacher's boring lecture parched my brain more than the desert sun.
- The athlete was parched after running the marathon.
- The comedian's jokes were so dry they could parch a rainforest.
parch
VERB[/pɑːrtʃ/]
to make or become extremely dry through heat
The hot sun baked the field, parching the soil into dry cracks.
P(pan) + ARCH(arch) — cooking the squid on the hot pan makes it parch and curl into an arch.
After a long march in the desert, the sun began to parch his throat.
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🎤Pronunciation
🌳Etymology
Origin
The word parch derives from Middle English 'parchen', likely developed from Latin 'persiccare' (to dry completely). The concept of heat and desiccation has been central to this word's meaning throughout its linguistic history.
Breakdown
per- (completely, thoroughly) + siccare (to dry). The Latin 'persiccare' combined the intensive prefix 'per-' with 'siccare' (to dry), literally meaning 'to dry thoroughly'.
🎵Rhyme
🔗Collocations
📝Examples
“My teacher's boring lecture parched my brain more than the desert sun.”
“The athlete was parched after running the marathon.”
“The comedian's jokes were so dry they could parch a rainforest.”
“The drought parched the farmland for months.”
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