1. to burn the surface of something with heat, causing it to become brown or black
2. to become burned or dried up by heat
3. to move very fast
Usage: informal

1. a mark or area of damage caused by burning

Examples

• The iron was too hot and scorched my shirt.
• The grass scorched in the summer heat.
• Don’t let the cookies scorch in the oven.
• The car scorched down the highway at 90 mph.
• There was a brown scorch on the wooden table.
• The drought scorched the farmland.
• She scorched past the other runners in the final lap.