as in to dry
to make dry
the heat has really parched my throat
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Recent Examples of parch
On the other hand, traditional stains can lack hydration or luster—leaving lips parched and in need of a balmy top coat.
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Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 10 Sep. 2025
The combination of extremely dry weather, intense heat, parched land and lightning strikes in western Colorado has been the recipe for most of this year’s major blazes.
—Christopher Cann, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025
The mission that sparked a wave of online conspiracies was meant to help parched farmland.
—Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 17 Aug. 2025
Drought and long, hot summer days are sucking Western Colorado’s rivers dry, parching farm fields and fueling the massive wildfires proliferating across the region.
—Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 15 Aug. 2025
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Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 10 Sep. 2025
The combination of extremely dry weather, intense heat, parched land and lightning strikes in western Colorado has been the recipe for most of this year’s major blazes.
—Christopher Cann, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025
The mission that sparked a wave of online conspiracies was meant to help parched farmland.
—Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 17 Aug. 2025
Drought and long, hot summer days are sucking Western Colorado’s rivers dry, parching farm fields and fueling the massive wildfires proliferating across the region.
—Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 15 Aug. 2025
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Other nice features include a handle that drops parallel with the floor to clean under furniture and a sponge mode that uses suction to help dry the floor after mopping.—
Editors of Bon Appétit,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
29 Oct. 2025
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Dry hair doesn’t curl as easily as damp hair, while hair that’s soaking wet requires too much time to dry in the rollers.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
29 Oct. 2025
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But the Browns are 2-6 with little to look forward to, prompting Cleveland radio host Ken Carman to go scorched earth and call for Sanders, the Colorado alum, to start.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
28 Oct. 2025
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That’s the difference between fury that scorches everything in sight and anger that fuels justice.—
Marc Brackett,
Time,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Parch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parch. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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