: superficially or lightly burned : burned on the edges
singed hair
singed fabric
Shrubs with singed branches emerging out of the grassland …Ann Swengel et al.

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Lu says his brother performed bold chemistry experiments that sometimes ended with singed eyebrows or small explosions. IEEE Spectrum, 12 June 2025 With plenty of black cherry, caramel, and singed vanilla, this is immediately appealing as soon as it’s poured. Brian Freedman, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025 Be aware that, once dormancy is broken, flower buds on the stems are also vulnerable to frost/freeze damage, and that might not be as evident as the singed edges or distorted-leaf symptoms on expanding foliage. Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 24 Apr. 2025 When squirrels scale the giant tree towering over the property, a crispy sound wafts from the singed bark. Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for singed

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First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of singed was in the 14th century

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“Singed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/singed. Accessed 28 Aug. 2025.

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