Definitions for "Scorch"
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.
To affect painfully with heat, or as with heat; to dry up with heat; to affect as by heat.
To burn; to destroy by, or as by, fire.
Premature curing of an unvulcanized rubber as a result of subjecting it to an excessive amount of heat during processing.
The onset of cure, when chemical reactions begin to take place in the rubber as it is being heated. A "scorched" rubber is no longer processable.
(r) premature vulcanization of a rubber compound.
To ride or drive at great, usually at excessive, speed; -- applied chiefly to automobilists and bicyclists. [Colloq.]
a plant disease that produces a browning or scorched appearance of plant tissues
Browning of the leaves, along the veins or the edges, due to hot weather, too much or too little fertilizer, or damage from pesticides.
Discoloration in center of foam buns due to oxidation of the polymer during manufacture.
A yellow or brown discoloration of the foam, particularly in the core. Scorching is caused by excessive heat during the exothermic reaction. It occurs mainly in high-water flexible slabstock formulations.
destroy completely by or as if by fire; "The wildfire scorched the forest and several homes"; "the invaders scorched the land"
Scorch is a character appearing in DC Comics.