scorched

«scorched» in Mova's judaism dictionary: burnt a little on the surface, turned brown or black by heat — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (scorched); past form of the verb scorch (scorch, scorches, scorched, scorching)

meaning for a pupil

1) Scorched means burnt a little on the surface, turned brown or black by heat. tree →

2) Scorched means dried up by the hot sun, like grass in a heatwave. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Burned on the surface by fire or heat. Proverbs uses it to ask whether anyone can walk on hot coals unharmed. Interpretation: The verse is read as a warning against adultery, which always brings harm. In the primary lessons: In stories and science: scorched earth after a fire, scorched grass in summer, scorched cooking. Phrases: «scorched grass», «scorched earth», «sun-scorched».

examples

• Or can one walk upon hot coals, and his feet not be scorched? (Writings PRO.6.28, JPS 1917) tree →
• The lawn was scorched and brown after the heatwave. tree →
• The cake was scorched on top. tree →
• We walked across the scorched ground after the fire. tree →
• His shirt had a scorched mark from the iron. tree →
• Scorched leaves fell from the tree. tree →
• The desert lay scorched under the sun. tree →
• Their breath scorched the herbage before them. tree →

note

Past form of scorch, used as an adjective. Scorched means damaged on the outside only; burnt can mean destroyed.

In the corpora

• Or can one walk upon hot coals, and his feet not be scorched?
• Her heart raced, her dog hid under the bed for a whole day, and the porch boards were scorched.
• Her heart raced, her dog hid under the bed for a whole day, and the porch boards were scorched.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «scorched» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.