[
UK
/pˈɑːtʃt/
]
[ US /ˈpɑɹtʃt/ ]
[ US /ˈpɑɹtʃt/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight
land lying baked in the heat
the earth was scorched and bare
sunbaked salt flats
a vast desert all adust
parched soil -
toasted or roasted slightly
parched corn was a staple of the Indian diet
How To Use parched In A Sentence
- Parched corn coffee was brewed by mixing roasted corn with boiling water.
- He was gaunt and extremely pale, with parched lips and a beak-like nose.
- The landscaped gardens, once a lush green are now a parched brown. The Sun
- It's amazing what those twitchers can spot in the parched outback in Winter.
- Not nourishing enough for my parched skin! The Sun
- When finally I made the summit, my throat parched, my thigh muscles trembling, the herb woman was waiting.
- To attract dollars to this parched economy, he is forced to open the country to tourism.
- Root competition from the huge tulip poplars, ashes, and sweet gum trees contributes significantly to the parched soil conditions.
- But rain was a very welcome sight in the parched grain belt of southern Australia, after years of drought. Times, Sunday Times
- A few kilometres from the last former Soviet army checkpoint, the tarmac ends and the journey to Ground Zero continues off-road, across the parched and endless steppe.
