To overstate, to describe more than is fact.
A slight or surface burn.
Brown discoloration on the leaves of plants caused by heat, lack of water or by fungi.
A discolouration caused by heat.
To wither, parch or destroy something by heat or fire, especially to make land or buildings unusable to an enemy
To move at high speed (so as to leave scorch marks on the ground, physically or figuratively).
To burn; to destroy by, or as by, fire.
To attack with bitter sarcasm or virulence.
(To cause) to become scorched or singed
To burn the surface of something so as to discolour it