cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat; "The sun parched the earth" पर्याय: parch,
make very hot and dry; "The heat scorched the countryside" पर्याय: scorch,
burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color; "The cook blackened the chicken breast"; "The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece"; "the flames scorched the ceiling" पर्याय: char, blacken, scorch,
become superficially burned; "my eyebrows singed when I bent over the flames" पर्याय: scorch, singe,
(used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture; "dried-up grass"; "the desert was edged with sere vegetation"; "shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings"; "withered vines" पर्याय: dried-up, sere, shriveled, shrivelled, withered,