To fry (food) for a short time at a high heat, typically to brown a coating without overcooking the food inside.
To roast, as dry grain.
To burn the surface of, to scorch.
We're parched, hon. Could you send up an ale from the cooler?
The patient's mouth is parched from fever.
To dry to extremity; to shrivel with heat.
To make very thirsty.
To become superficially burnt; be become sunburned.
The condition of being parched.