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# scorched

adjective (scorched); past form of the verb scorch (scorch, scorches, scorched, scorching)

«scorched» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Scorched means burnt a little on the surface, turned brown or black by heat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scorched/#m1)
2. Scorched means dried up by the hot sun, like grass in a heatwave. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scorched/#m2)

### In the lessons

In stories and science: scorched earth after a fire, scorched grass in summer, scorched cooking. Phrases: «scorched grass», «scorched earth», «sun-scorched».

### Examples

- The lawn was scorched and brown after the heatwave. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scorched/#x1)
- The cake was scorched on top. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scorched/#x2)
- We walked across the scorched ground after the fire. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scorched/#x3)
- His shirt had a scorched mark from the iron. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scorched/#x4)
- Scorched leaves fell from the tree. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scorched/#x5)
- The desert lay scorched under the sun. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scorched/#x6)
- Their breath scorched the herbage before them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scorched/#x7)

### Note

Past form of scorch, used as an adjective. Scorched means damaged on the outside only; burnt can mean destroyed.

## In Jewish tradition

Burned on the surface by fire or heat. Proverbs uses it to ask whether anyone can walk on hot coals unharmed.

**Interpretation.** The verse is read as a warning against adultery, which always brings harm.

### Examples

- Or can one walk upon hot coals, and his feet not be scorched? (Writings PRO.6.28, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/scorched/#x1)

### Note

Past form of scorch, used as an adjective. Scorched means damaged on the outside only; burnt can mean destroyed.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «scorched» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scorched/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«scorched» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/scorched.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «scorched» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/scorched/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«scorched» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/scorched.html) on Mova free.