parch
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parch
- /pɑɹt͡ʃ/ US
- /pɑːtʃ/ UK
Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)tʃ
Where it comes from
From Middle English parchen, paarchen (“to parch; dry; roast”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant of Middle English perchen (“to roast”).
verb parches · parching · parched
- To burn the surface of, to scorch. The sun today could parch cement.
- To roast, as dry grain. Ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn.
- To dry to extremity; to shrivel with heat. The patient’s mouth is parched from fever.
- To be very thirsty. We're parched, hon. Could you send up an ale from the cooler?
- To boil something slowly (Still used in Lancashire in parched peas, a type of mushy peas).
- To become superficially burnt; to become sunburned. The locals watched, amused, as the tourists parched in the sun, having neglected to apply sunscreen or bring water.
noun parches
- The condition of being parched. Yet here he is, not at the head, but somewhere toward the rear of the serpentine queue wending its way through all this parch […].
