PARCHING Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

parching

verb

Definition of parching next

present participle of parch

as in drying

to make dry the heat has really parched my throat

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Recent Examples of parching Alegria also sees wild rice production growing using the traditional Indigenous methods of drying, parching, dancing and winnowing at rice camps in northern Wisconsin. —

Frank Vaisvilas, jsonline.com, 4 Dec. 2025 Wind is a familiar thing, a thing whose very existence brings a kind of reassurance—yearned-for when absent, delighting when gentle, accursed when either biting cold or parching hot, feared when violent. —

Literary Hub, 19 Nov. 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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drying

Verb

The drying stage was entirely eliminated by using hydrothermal carbonization — a process similar to high-pressure cooking.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 25 Mar. 2026
The other villagers — mostly women and children — sit just beyond the sandbag perimeter, under the shade of some trees, spreading more cassava on bamboo trays in preparation for drying.

— Noo Saro-Wiwa, The Dial, 24 Mar. 2026