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parched
[ pahrcht ]
adjective
- extremely or completely dried, as by heat, sun, or wind:
Dry shrubs cover parts of this parched valley in the South Hebron Hills.
- very thirsty:
After each shift in the ship’s engine room, I was dead tired and totally parched, needing large amounts of water.
- (of peas, beans, grains, etc.) slightly toasted or roasted:
The village folk customarily have one meal a day of parched grains, so there is always a crowd around the old widow’s oven.
verb
- the simple past tense and past participle of parch ( def ).
Other Word Forms
- 貹·· [pahr, -chid-lee, pahrcht, -], adverb
- 貹··Ա noun
- ܲ·貹 adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of parched1
Example Sentences
The computing power this requires sucks water from a parched earth and puts entire creative industries out of work.
The sight of parched, desert-like terrain in the world's largest rainforest underscores the alarming scale of the drought.
Rather than the wall-to-wall sunshine of late, there will be cloud, fresh south-westerly winds and some more appreciable, much-needed rainfall for the parched ground at the start of the new week.
Monday’s drizzle comes on the heels of a wet week that delivered a significant dose of moisture to parched Southern California and heavy snow across the state’s mountain ranges.
Next week is expected to deliver even more rain to Southern California’s parched landscape.
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