as in dried
to make dry
the heat has really parched my throat
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Recent Examples of parched
Lisa Desantis, Glamour, 21 Aug. 2025
Like his father and grandfather before him, Ibarra Vargas has raised cattle on the parched soil of Sonora, the state in northwestern Mexico that shares a long border with the United States, particularly Arizona.
—Fernando Llano, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2025
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
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Verb
Then lightly dab it onto the most parched areas of your hair.
—Lisa Desantis, Glamour, 21 Aug. 2025
Like his father and grandfather before him, Ibarra Vargas has raised cattle on the parched soil of Sonora, the state in northwestern Mexico that shares a long border with the United States, particularly Arizona.
—Fernando Llano, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for parched
Verb
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While some models can be tumble-dried, many require air-drying.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
16 Oct. 2025
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It's rinsed, dried, and placed in a roasting pan.—
Taylor Tobin,
Southern Living,
14 Oct. 2025
Verb
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On a late summer morning in the Pacific Palisades, dozens of hummingbirds rise from the ashes of Spencer Pratt‘s scorched hillside property, where his 2,200-square-foot, three-bedroom home once perched.—
Gary Baum,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Oct. 2025
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Recent burn scars, areas scorched by wildfires, were at especially high risk.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The gentle shades whisper of long, sandy, sunbaked days and cool, breezy evenings.—
Rachel Gallaher,
Robb Report,
23 Sep. 2025
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Martin may have left Westeros unfinished, but in this sunbaked enclave, his world-building continues apace — one real estate acquisition at a time.—
Ingrid Schmidt,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Allow the soil to go bone-dry before watering.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
11 Oct. 2025
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The high-altitude, bone-dry landscape, with its dazzling days and spectacularly starry nights, formed twenty million years ago.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Parched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parched. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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