adj
Meaning 1
Dry.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
parched
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /pɑɹt͡ʃt/
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Received-Pronunciation: /pɑːtʃt/
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rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)tʃt
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CMU ARPABET: P AA1 R CH T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Very thirsty.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
simple past and past participle of parch
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
toasted or roasted slightly
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- parched corn was a staple of the Indian diet
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a vast desert all adust
- land lying baked in the heat
- parched soil
- the earth was scorched and bare
- sunbaked salt flats
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: adust, baked, scorched, sunbaked
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
40 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: ressec — dry
- Chinese Mandarin: 燥 (zào) — dry
- Dutch: droog — dry
- Esperanto: sekigita — dry
- Finnish: kuiva — dry
- French: sec — dry
- French: desséché — dry
- German: ausgedörrt — dry
- German: ausgetrocknet — dry
- Ancient Greek: καρφαλέος (karphaléos) — dry
- Ancient Greek: ἀζαλέος (azaléos) — dry
- Indonesian: kering — dry
- Irish: spalptha — dry
- Italian: seccato — dry
- Italian: prosciugato — dry
- Latin: āridus — dry
- Māori: raki — dry
- Māori: tūpākākā — dry
- Marathi: कोरडा (korḍā) — dry
- Persian: خشک (xošk) — dry
- Portuguese: ressequido — dry
- Russian: пересо́хший (peresóxšij) — dry
- Russian: опалённый (opaljónnyj) — dry
- Russian: вы́жженный (výžžennyj) — dry
- Spanish: reseco — dry
- Swedish: uttorkad — dry
- Tocharian B: aslyamaṣṣe — dry
- Ottoman Turkish: قورو (kuru) — dry
- Catalan: assedegat — thirsty
- Dutch: dorstig — thirsty
- Finnish: janoinen — thirsty
- French: assoiffé — thirsty
- Italian: assetato — thirsty
- Portuguese: sedento — thirsty
- Russian: пересо́хший (peresóxšij) — thirsty
- Russian: жа́ждущий (žážduščij) — thirsty
- Spanish: sediento — thirsty
- Spanish: sitibundo — thirsty
- Spanish: hidrópico — thirsty
- Spanish: sediente (disused) — thirsty