{
    "term": "scorch",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "scorch",
            "heSheIt": "scorches"
        },
        "pastSimple": "scorched",
        "pastParticiple": "scorched",
        "ingForm": "scorching"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to burn and slightly damage a surface by making it too hot; to be slightly burned by heat",
            "sensetop": "scorch (something)scorch something + adj.",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I scorched my dress when I was ironing it.",
                    "contextForm": "scorch (something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Don't stand so near the fire—your coat is scorching!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The buildings around us were scorched black by the fire.",
                    "contextForm": "scorch something + adj."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to become or to make something become dry and brown, especially from the heat of the sun or from chemicals",
            "sensetop": "scorch (something)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "scorched grass"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The leaves will scorch if you water them in the sun."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Wildfires have scorched over two million acres of forest."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to move very fast",
            "sensetop": "+ adv./prep.",
            "labels": "(British English, informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The car scorched off down the road."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She scorched to victory in the sprint final."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/skɔːtʃ/",
                "audio": "sc/scorch/scorch__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈskɔːtʃɪz/",
                "audio": "sc/scorch/scorches__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/skɔːtʃt/",
                "audio": "sc/scorch/scorched__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈskɔːtʃɪŋ/",
                "audio": "sc/scorch/scorching__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/skɔːrtʃ/",
                "audio": "sc/scorch/scorch__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈskɔːrtʃɪz/",
                "audio": "sc/scorch/scorches__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/skɔːrtʃt/",
                "audio": "sc/scorch/scorched__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈskɔːrtʃɪŋ/",
                "audio": "sc/scorch/scorching__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English (as a verb): perhaps related to Old Norse skorpna ‘be shrivelled’."
}