"scorch" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /skɔːtʃ/ [UK], /skɔrtʃ/ [US] Audio: en-us-scorch.ogg [US] Forms: scorch [singular], scorches [plural]
Head templates: {{noun|2=scorches}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A scorch mark is the surface burn of something.
    Sense id: simple-scorch-en-noun-KgUBre8O

Verb [English]

IPA: /skɔːtʃ/ [UK], /skɔrtʃ/ [US] Audio: en-us-scorch.ogg [US] Forms: scorch [canonical], scorches [third-person, singular], scorched [past], scorched [past, participle], scorching [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|scorch|es}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you scorch something, you burn its surface with fire.
    Sense id: simple-scorch-en-verb-r3joJRRv
  2. If you scorch, you move at very high speed.
    Sense id: simple-scorch-en-verb-JB-LJJr1 Categories (other): Colloquial
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