Thesaurus results for SINGEING

singeing

verb

present participle of singe

as in charring

to burn on the surface the marshmallows got a bit singed over the campfire, but we like them that way

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Recent Examples of singeing An angry deity hurled a firebrand at the swallow, singeing away its middle tail feathers. —

Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 21 Mar. 2026 Anyone who lives in the Valley knows that spring is just a cruel tease anyway, a little taste of paradise before eyebrow-singeing heat is upon us. —

Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 18 Mar. 2026 Perhaps one of the most nifty beauty gadgets on this list, this wet-to-dry Airstrait straightener literally takes wet hair, dries it and styles it quickly and effortlessly, without singeing strands. —

Malia Griggs, Glamour, 26 Nov. 2025

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Rather than charring corn on the grill, this recipe calls for wrapping the cobs in foil packets and cooking them on the grill.

— Victoria Spencer, Martha Stewart, 22 May 2026
Unexpectedly high degrees of charring on Orion's heat shield during that mission led engineers to alter the spacecraft's course to prevent a recurrence on Artemis 2, but, as is anything untested in space, there is always risk involved.

— Josh Dinner, Space.com, 18 May 2026