parched; parching; parches
1
: to toast under dry heat
2
: to shrivel with heat
3
: to dry or shrivel with cold
: to become dry or scorched
Examples of parch in a Sentence
The hot desert sun had parched the land.
the heat has really parched my throat
Recent Examples on the Web
After our four-day getaway, my skin almost immediately went back to being parched upon landing back in New York.
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Kayla Greaves, Essence, 6 May 2024
City slickers at home all day, bored and lonely in an unfamiliar landscape while bulldozers rearrange the desert floor and severe drought parches the local wildlife?
—Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2024
The technique dates back to the 1940s and has been deployed regularly around the world since to provide relief to regions parched by drought, clear skies ahead of Olympic Games, and give ski resorts an extra inch of snow.
—Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 18 Apr. 2024
The 200 million gallons of water passing through it daily are still simply flushed out to sea, a terrible waste in a city parched by the Mediterranean sun.
—Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Mar. 2024
Wildfires wiping out entire communities, toxic smoke clogging our air, deadly heat waves, record-breaking droughts parching our wells.
—Theresa Clift, Sacramento Bee, 16 Feb. 2024
The phenomenon isn’t unique to California; wildflowers can paint parched desert landscapes, mountains and grasslands in Arizona and Nevada, too, but some of the most dense and therefore spectacular displays are found in Southern California.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2024
Juchitán is a grueling, five-hour drive from Oaxaca City past parched Sierra Madre peaks spiked with maguey, the raw ingredient of mezcal.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 16 Jan. 2024
With the ground parched, the trees produced a smaller crop.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2023
Kayla Greaves, Essence, 6 May 2024
City slickers at home all day, bored and lonely in an unfamiliar landscape while bulldozers rearrange the desert floor and severe drought parches the local wildlife?
—Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2024
The technique dates back to the 1940s and has been deployed regularly around the world since to provide relief to regions parched by drought, clear skies ahead of Olympic Games, and give ski resorts an extra inch of snow.
—Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 18 Apr. 2024
The 200 million gallons of water passing through it daily are still simply flushed out to sea, a terrible waste in a city parched by the Mediterranean sun.
—Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Mar. 2024
Wildfires wiping out entire communities, toxic smoke clogging our air, deadly heat waves, record-breaking droughts parching our wells.
—Theresa Clift, Sacramento Bee, 16 Feb. 2024
The phenomenon isn’t unique to California; wildflowers can paint parched desert landscapes, mountains and grasslands in Arizona and Nevada, too, but some of the most dense and therefore spectacular displays are found in Southern California.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2024
Juchitán is a grueling, five-hour drive from Oaxaca City past parched Sierra Madre peaks spiked with maguey, the raw ingredient of mezcal.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 16 Jan. 2024
With the ground parched, the trees produced a smaller crop.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2023
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“Parch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/parch. Accessed 14 May. 2024.
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parch
verb1
: to toast by dry heat
2
: to wilt with heat
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