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▸ noun: A discolouration caused by heat.
▸ noun: (phytopathology) Brown discoloration on the leaves of plants caused by heat, lack of water or by fungi.
▸ verb: (transitive) To burn the surface of something so as to discolour it
▸ verb: (transitive) To wither, parch or destroy something by heat or fire, especially to make land or buildings unusable to an enemy
▸ verb: (ergative) (To cause) to become scorched or singed
▸ verb: (intransitive) To move at high speed (so as to leave scorch marks on the ground, physically or figuratively).
▸ verb: To burn; to destroy by, or as by, fire.
▸ verb: (transitive) To attack with bitter sarcasm or virulence.
▸ verb: (intransitive, colloquial, dated) To ride a bicycle furiously on a public highway.
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