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parch
You raised your red pepper in the garden, and you'd take it in the house and parch it.
From the newsobserver.com
Such a shortage would parch Nevada, Arizona and California with severe water-use restrictions.
From the online.wsj.com
The coming years will likely parch some regions and soak others, just as climate changes did in the past.
From the philly.com
I'd drown or parch or neglect them completely.
From the blogs.psychcentral.com
Not everyone whose water use dipped this year had to parch the lawn or patch the pipes to make a difference.
From the ocregister.com
Photos from the early days show the company's vast drying yard, where the cooked wheat was spread on screens to parch under the sun.
From the sfgate.com
Unfortunately, scientists at the US Geological Survey claim that Cadiz's demands on the aquifer could parch nearby springs.
From the economist.com
We are beginning to parch.
From the guardian.co.uk
The Chaco experiences seasons that alternately flood and parch the land, yet seasonal variations in temperature are modest.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- Cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat; "The sun parched the earth"
- (parchment) a superior paper resembling sheepskin
- (parchment) skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on
- Parchment is a thin material made from calfskin, sheepskin or goatskin, often split. Its most common use was as a material for writing on, for documents, notes, or the pages of a book, codex or manuscript. ...
- To burn the surface of, to scorch; To roast, as dry grain; To dry to extremity; to shrivel with heat; To become thirsty
- (parching) Capable of causing something to parch; extreme
- (parchment) A material, made from the polished skin of a calf, sheep, goat or other animal, used like paper for writing; A document made on such material; A diploma (traditionally written on parchment); Stiff paper imitating that material; The creamy to tanned color of parchment
- (Parchment) A hard finished paper that emulates animal skin used for documents, such as awards, that require writing by hand.
- (Parchment) Heat-resistant paper used in cooking.
