scorch

«scorch» in Mova's school dictionary: to burn its surface a little, so it turns brown or black — 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

verb (scorch, scorches, scorched, scorching); noun (a scorch, scorches — a scorch mark)

meaning for a pupil

1) To scorch something is to burn its surface a little, so it turns brown or black. tree →

2) The sun can scorch grass or plants, drying them out. tree →

3) A scorch (scorch mark) is a small burnt mark. tree →

sense in the lessons

In safety lessons: an iron can scorch clothes, a hot pan can scorch the table. In science, hot dry weather scorches the land. Phrases: «scorch mark», «scorched earth», «scorching hot».

examples

• The iron scorched my shirt. tree →
• The hot sun scorched the grass. tree →
• There's a scorch mark on the table from the hot pan. tree →
• Don't leave the toast too long or it will scorch. tree →
• The fire scorched the trees but did not burn them down. tree →
• The bushfire scorched the hills. tree →
• Fire, fire! do not scorch me like this; you can’t think how it hurts.’ tree →

note

Regular verb. Scorch is lighter than burn: only the outside is damaged.

In the corpora

• 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.
• Or can one walk upon hot coals, and his feet not be scorched?

Trees and pragmatics

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