"singe" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /sɪnd͡ʒ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-singe.wav [Southern-England] Forms: singes [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪndʒ Etymology: From Middle English sengen, from Old English senġan, sænċġan (“to singe, burn slightly, scorch, afflict”), from Proto-West Germanic *sangijan (“to burn, torch”), from Proto-Indo-European *senk- (“to burn”). Cognate with West Frisian singe, sinzje (“to singe”), Saterland Frisian soange (“to singe”), Dutch zengen (“to singe, scorch”), German Low German sengen (“to singe”), German sengen (“to singe, scorch”), Icelandic sangur (“singed, burnt, scorched”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|sengen}} Middle English sengen, {{inh|en|ang|senġan}} Old English senġan, {{m|ang|sænċġan||to singe, burn slightly, scorch, afflict}} sænċġan (“to singe, burn slightly, scorch, afflict”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*sangijan||to burn, torch}} Proto-West Germanic *sangijan (“to burn, torch”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*senk-||to burn}} Proto-Indo-European *senk- (“to burn”), {{cog|fy|singe}} West Frisian singe, {{m|fy|sinzje|t=to singe}} sinzje (“to singe”), {{cog|stq|soange|t=to singe}} Saterland Frisian soange (“to singe”), {{cog|nl|zengen||to singe, scorch}} Dutch zengen (“to singe, scorch”), {{cog|nds-de|sengen|t=to singe}} German Low German sengen (“to singe”), {{cog|de|sengen||to singe, scorch}} German sengen (“to singe, scorch”), {{cog|is|sangur|t=singed, burnt, scorched}} Icelandic sangur (“singed, burnt, scorched”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} singe (plural singes)
  1. A burning of the surface; a slight burn.
    Sense id: en-singe-en-noun-64Ss~Q9l
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /sɪnd͡ʒ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-singe.wav [Southern-England] Forms: singes [present, singular, third-person], singeing [participle, present], singed [participle, past], singed [past]
Rhymes: -ɪndʒ Etymology: From Middle English sengen, from Old English senġan, sænċġan (“to singe, burn slightly, scorch, afflict”), from Proto-West Germanic *sangijan (“to burn, torch”), from Proto-Indo-European *senk- (“to burn”). Cognate with West Frisian singe, sinzje (“to singe”), Saterland Frisian soange (“to singe”), Dutch zengen (“to singe, scorch”), German Low German sengen (“to singe”), German sengen (“to singe, scorch”), Icelandic sangur (“singed, burnt, scorched”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|sengen}} Middle English sengen, {{inh|en|ang|senġan}} Old English senġan, {{m|ang|sænċġan||to singe, burn slightly, scorch, afflict}} sænċġan (“to singe, burn slightly, scorch, afflict”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*sangijan||to burn, torch}} Proto-West Germanic *sangijan (“to burn, torch”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*senk-||to burn}} Proto-Indo-European *senk- (“to burn”), {{cog|fy|singe}} West Frisian singe, {{m|fy|sinzje|t=to singe}} sinzje (“to singe”), {{cog|stq|soange|t=to singe}} Saterland Frisian soange (“to singe”), {{cog|nl|zengen||to singe, scorch}} Dutch zengen (“to singe, scorch”), {{cog|nds-de|sengen|t=to singe}} German Low German sengen (“to singe”), {{cog|de|sengen||to singe, scorch}} German sengen (“to singe, scorch”), {{cog|is|sangur|t=singed, burnt, scorched}} Icelandic sangur (“singed, burnt, scorched”) Head templates: {{en-verb|~s|~ing|~d}} singe (third-person singular simple present singes, present participle singeing, simple past and past participle singed)
  1. (transitive) To burn slightly. Tags: transitive Translations (to burn slightly): изгарям (izgarjam) (Bulgarian), 燒灼 (Chinese Mandarin), 烧灼 (shāozhuó) (Chinese Mandarin), 燒焦 (Chinese Mandarin), 烧焦 (shāojiāo) (Chinese Mandarin), aanbranden (Dutch), paahtaa (Finnish), roussir (French), chamuscar (Galician), ansengen (German), versengen (German), pörköl (Hungarian), svíða (Icelandic), brenna (Icelandic), sviðna (Icelandic), brenna lítillega (Icelandic), tíor (Irish), scottare (Italian), bruciacchiare (Italian), 焦がす (kogasu) (alt: こがす) (Japanese), adūrō (Latin), ngunu (Maori), hunuhunu (Maori), whakapākākā (Maori), tāina (Maori), roussi (Norman), traler (Norman), svi (Norwegian), senġan (Old English), przypalać [imperfective] (Polish), przypalić [perfective] (Polish), chamuscar (Portuguese), pârli (Romanian), подпа́ливать (podpálivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), опаля́ть (opaljátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), пали́ть (palítʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), प्लोषति (ploṣati) (Sanskrit), ᱨᱳ (ro) (Santali), chamuscar (Spanish), sveda (Swedish), కమలు (kamalu) (Telugu), wì (Yoruba)
    Sense id: en-singe-en-verb-Kr4i-LSg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 67 20 7 3 Disambiguation of 'to burn slightly': 97 2 1
  2. (transitive) To remove the nap of (cloth), by passing it rapidly over a red-hot bar, or over a flame, preliminary to dyeing it. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-singe-en-verb-aN8MSAcb
  3. (transitive) To remove the hair or down from (a plucked chicken, etc.) by passing it over a flame. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-singe-en-verb-In-NCK3r
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: scorch Derived forms: singe one's wings Translations (to remove the hair from skin by passing over a flame): опърлям (opǎrljam) (Bulgarian), chamuscar (Galician), absengen (German), tāina (Maori), pârli (Romanian)
Etymology number: 1 Disambiguation of 'to remove the hair from skin by passing over a flame': 10 41 49

Verb

Forms: singes [present, singular, third-person], singing [participle, present], sange [past], sunge [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|singes|singing|sange|sunge}} singe (third-person singular simple present singes, present participle singing, simple past sange, past participle sunge)
  1. Obsolete form of sing. Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: sing
    Sense id: en-singe-en-verb-ETwz0GPY
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1702, Sir Roger L’Estrange, “The First Viſion of the Algouazil (or Catchpole) Poſſest”, in The Viſions of Dom Franciſco de Quevedo-Villegas'",
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        "(transitive) To burn slightly."
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          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
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          "sense": "to burn slightly",
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          "sense": "to burn slightly",
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          "sense": "to burn slightly",
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          "sense": "to burn slightly",
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          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to burn slightly",
          "word": "aanbranden"
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          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to burn slightly",
          "word": "paahtaa"
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        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to burn slightly",
          "word": "roussir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to burn slightly",
          "word": "chamuscar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to burn slightly",
          "word": "ansengen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to burn slightly",
          "word": "versengen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to burn slightly",
          "word": "pörköl"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "to burn slightly",
          "word": "svíða"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "to burn slightly",
          "word": "brenna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "to burn slightly",
          "word": "sviðna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "to burn slightly",
          "word": "brenna lítillega"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "to burn slightly",
          "word": "tíor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to burn slightly",
          "word": "scottare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to burn slightly",
          "word": "bruciacchiare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "alt": "こがす",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kogasu",
          "sense": "to burn slightly",
          "word": "焦がす"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to burn slightly",
          "word": "adūrō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to burn slightly",
          "word": "ngunu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to burn slightly",
          "word": "hunuhunu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to burn slightly",
          "word": "whakapākākā"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to burn slightly",
          "word": "tāina"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "to burn slightly",
          "word": "roussi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "to burn slightly",
          "word": "traler"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to burn slightly",
          "word": "svi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "to burn slightly",
          "word": "senġan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to burn slightly",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "przypalać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to burn slightly",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "przypalić"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to burn slightly",
          "word": "chamuscar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to burn slightly",
          "word": "pârli"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "podpálivatʹ",
          "sense": "to burn slightly",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "подпа́ливать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "opaljátʹ",
          "sense": "to burn slightly",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "опаля́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "palítʹ",
          "sense": "to burn slightly",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "пали́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "ploṣati",
          "sense": "to burn slightly",
          "word": "प्लोषति"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "sat",
          "lang": "Santali",
          "roman": "ro",
          "sense": "to burn slightly",
          "word": "ᱨᱳ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to burn slightly",
          "word": "chamuscar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to burn slightly",
          "word": "sveda"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "kamalu",
          "sense": "to burn slightly",
          "word": "కమలు"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "yo",
          "lang": "Yoruba",
          "sense": "to burn slightly",
          "word": "wì"
        }
      ]
    },
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        "To remove the nap of (cloth), by passing it rapidly over a red-hot bar, or over a flame, preliminary to dyeing it."
      ],
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          "nap"
        ],
        [
          "dye",
          "dye"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To remove the nap of (cloth), by passing it rapidly over a red-hot bar, or over a flame, preliminary to dyeing it."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
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        "To remove the hair or down from (a plucked chicken, etc.) by passing it over a flame."
      ],
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          "chicken"
        ]
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        "(transitive) To remove the hair or down from (a plucked chicken, etc.) by passing it over a flame."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/sɪnd͡ʒ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪndʒ"
    },
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "scorch"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "10 41 49",
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "opǎrljam",
      "sense": "to remove the hair from skin by passing over a flame",
      "word": "опърлям"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 41 49",
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to remove the hair from skin by passing over a flame",
      "word": "chamuscar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 41 49",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to remove the hair from skin by passing over a flame",
      "word": "absengen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 41 49",
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to remove the hair from skin by passing over a flame",
      "word": "tāina"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 41 49",
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to remove the hair from skin by passing over a flame",
      "word": "pârli"
    }
  ],
  "word": "singe"
}

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        "2": "enm",
        "3": "sengen"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
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        "4": "",
        "5": "to burn"
      },
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      },
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    },
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        "2": "zengen",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to singe, scorch"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "sengen",
        "t": "to singe"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "sengen",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to singe, scorch"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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        "2": "sangur",
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
    }
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
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        "A burning of the surface; a slight burn."
      ],
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      "ipa": "/sɪnd͡ʒ/"
    },
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      "rhymes": "-ɪndʒ"
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        "Southern-England"
      ],
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  "etymology_number": 2,
  "forms": [
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      "form": "singes",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "singing",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "sange",
      "tags": [
        "past"
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    {
      "form": "sunge",
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        "participle",
        "past"
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "word": "sing"
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    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old English",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Old English",
    "English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪndʒ",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪndʒ/1 syllable"
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    {
      "word": "singe one's wings"
    }
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      "name": "inh"
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        "5": "to burn, torch"
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        "5": "to burn"
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      "name": "der"
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      "args": {
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        "2": "singe"
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      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
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        "t": "to singe"
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      "name": "m"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "stq",
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        "t": "to singe"
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      "name": "cog"
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      "args": {
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        "4": "to singe, scorch"
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      "args": {
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      "name": "cog"
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        "1": "de",
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        "3": "",
        "4": "to singe, scorch"
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic sangur (“singed, burnt, scorched”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    {
      "form": "singeing",
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        "present"
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        "participle",
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        "past"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1702, Sir Roger L’Estrange, “The First Viſion of the Algouazil (or Catchpole) Poſſest”, in The Viſions of Dom Franciſco de Quevedo-Villegas'",
          "text": "made combustible by Flame They treat of, we have pretty Game, For they their own Tail Singe, to save Us",
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        "To burn slightly."
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          "burn"
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        "(transitive) To burn slightly."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
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      "glosses": [
        "To remove the nap of (cloth), by passing it rapidly over a red-hot bar, or over a flame, preliminary to dyeing it."
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          "nap"
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          "dye",
          "dye"
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        "(transitive) To remove the nap of (cloth), by passing it rapidly over a red-hot bar, or over a flame, preliminary to dyeing it."
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
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      "glosses": [
        "To remove the hair or down from (a plucked chicken, etc.) by passing it over a flame."
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          "chicken"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To remove the hair or down from (a plucked chicken, etc.) by passing it over a flame."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
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      "ipa": "/sɪnd͡ʒ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪndʒ"
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    {
      "word": "scorch"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izgarjam",
      "sense": "to burn slightly",
      "word": "изгарям"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to burn slightly",
      "word": "燒灼"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shāozhuó",
      "sense": "to burn slightly",
      "word": "烧灼"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to burn slightly",
      "word": "燒焦"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shāojiāo",
      "sense": "to burn slightly",
      "word": "烧焦"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to burn slightly",
      "word": "aanbranden"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to burn slightly",
      "word": "paahtaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to burn slightly",
      "word": "roussir"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to burn slightly",
      "word": "chamuscar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to burn slightly",
      "word": "ansengen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to burn slightly",
      "word": "versengen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to burn slightly",
      "word": "pörköl"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to burn slightly",
      "word": "svíða"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to burn slightly",
      "word": "brenna"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to burn slightly",
      "word": "sviðna"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to burn slightly",
      "word": "brenna lítillega"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to burn slightly",
      "word": "tíor"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to burn slightly",
      "word": "scottare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to burn slightly",
      "word": "bruciacchiare"
    },
    {
      "alt": "こがす",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kogasu",
      "sense": "to burn slightly",
      "word": "焦がす"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to burn slightly",
      "word": "adūrō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to burn slightly",
      "word": "ngunu"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to burn slightly",
      "word": "hunuhunu"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to burn slightly",
      "word": "whakapākākā"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to burn slightly",
      "word": "tāina"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "to burn slightly",
      "word": "roussi"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "to burn slightly",
      "word": "traler"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to burn slightly",
      "word": "svi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "to burn slightly",
      "word": "senġan"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to burn slightly",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "przypalać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to burn slightly",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "przypalić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to burn slightly",
      "word": "chamuscar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to burn slightly",
      "word": "pârli"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podpálivatʹ",
      "sense": "to burn slightly",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "подпа́ливать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "opaljátʹ",
      "sense": "to burn slightly",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "опаля́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "palítʹ",
      "sense": "to burn slightly",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "пали́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "ploṣati",
      "sense": "to burn slightly",
      "word": "प्लोषति"
    },
    {
      "code": "sat",
      "lang": "Santali",
      "roman": "ro",
      "sense": "to burn slightly",
      "word": "ᱨᱳ"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to burn slightly",
      "word": "chamuscar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to burn slightly",
      "word": "sveda"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "kamalu",
      "sense": "to burn slightly",
      "word": "కమలు"
    },
    {
      "code": "yo",
      "lang": "Yoruba",
      "sense": "to burn slightly",
      "word": "wì"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "opǎrljam",
      "sense": "to remove the hair from skin by passing over a flame",
      "word": "опърлям"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to remove the hair from skin by passing over a flame",
      "word": "chamuscar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to remove the hair from skin by passing over a flame",
      "word": "absengen"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to remove the hair from skin by passing over a flame",
      "word": "tāina"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to remove the hair from skin by passing over a flame",
      "word": "pârli"
    }
  ],
  "word": "singe"
}

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    "English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*sangijan",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to burn, torch"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *sangijan (“to burn, torch”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*senk-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to burn"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *senk- (“to burn”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "singe"
      },
      "expansion": "West Frisian singe",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "sinzje",
        "t": "to singe"
      },
      "expansion": "sinzje (“to singe”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "stq",
        "2": "soange",
        "t": "to singe"
      },
      "expansion": "Saterland Frisian soange (“to singe”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "zengen",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to singe, scorch"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch zengen (“to singe, scorch”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds-de",
        "2": "sengen",
        "t": "to singe"
      },
      "expansion": "German Low German sengen (“to singe”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "sengen",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to singe, scorch"
      },
      "expansion": "German sengen (“to singe, scorch”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "sangur",
        "t": "singed, burnt, scorched"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic sangur (“singed, burnt, scorched”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English sengen, from Old English senġan, sænċġan (“to singe, burn slightly, scorch, afflict”), from Proto-West Germanic *sangijan (“to burn, torch”), from Proto-Indo-European *senk- (“to burn”). Cognate with West Frisian singe, sinzje (“to singe”), Saterland Frisian soange (“to singe”), Dutch zengen (“to singe, scorch”), German Low German sengen (“to singe”), German sengen (“to singe, scorch”), Icelandic sangur (“singed, burnt, scorched”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "singes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "singe (plural singes)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A burning of the surface; a slight burn."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/sɪnd͡ʒ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪndʒ"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-singe.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7a/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-singe.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-singe.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7a/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-singe.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-singe.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "singe"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "singes",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "singing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sange",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sunge",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "singes",
        "2": "singing",
        "3": "sange",
        "4": "sunge"
      },
      "expansion": "singe (third-person singular simple present singes, present participle singing, simple past sange, past participle sunge)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "sing"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English obsolete forms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Obsolete form of sing."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sing",
          "sing#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "singe"
}

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