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