Definition of scorch

• v. t. - To burn superficially; to parch, or shrivel, the surface of, by heat; to subject to so much heat as changes color and texture without consuming; as, to scorch linen.
• v. t. - To affect painfully with heat, or as with heat; to dry up with heat; to affect as by heat.
• v. t. - To burn; to destroy by, or as by, fire.
• v. i. - To be burnt on the surface; to be parched; to be dried up.
• v. i. - To burn or be burnt.