26984 words

parched

3 definitions • 4 examples
1
(especially of earth or crops) dried out because of too much heat and not enough rain:

Examples:

parched earth/fields/corn
It was the height of summer and the land was parched and brown.
2

Examples:

I must get a drink - I'm absolutely parched!
3
dried out because of too much heat:

Examples:

My lips were parched.

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