Parch

To parch means to make something very dry, like when the hot sun dries out the grass or makes your skin feel thirsty.

Examples

• The sun can parch the flowers if they don’t get enough water.
• After a hot day outside, my skin felt parched and I needed a drink.
• If we leave the bread out too long, it will parch and become hard.

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