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Webster 1828 Edition

Parched

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Scorched; dried to extremity.

Definition 2024

parched

parched

English

Adjective

parched ‎(not comparable)

Dry.
- 1818, Mary Shelley, chapter 8, in Frankenstein:
  I passed a night of unmingled wretchedness. In the morning I went to the court; my lips and throat were parched. I dared not ask the fatal question, but I was known, and the officer guessed the cause of my visit.
Thirsty.

Translations

dry

Catalan: ressec
Chinese:
Mandarin: 燥 (zh) ‎(zào)
Dutch: droog (nl)
Finnish: kuiva (fi)
French: sec (fr)
German: ausgedörrt, ausgetrocknet

Irish: spalptha
Italian: seccato (it) m, prosciugato (it) m
Maori: raki
Portuguese: ressequido
Russian: пересо́хший (ru) ‎(peresóxšij), опалённый (ru) ‎(opaljónnyj), вы́жженный (ru) ‎(výžžennyj)
Spanish: reseco (es)
Swedish: uttorkad

thirsty

Catalan: assedegat (ca)
Dutch: dorstig (nl)
Finnish: janoinen (fi)
French: assoiffé (fr)

Italian: assetato (it) m, assetata (it) f
Portuguese: sedento (pt)
Russian: пересо́хший (ru) ‎(peresóxšij) (throat, not person), жа́ждущий (ru) ‎(žážduščij)
Spanish: sediento (es)

Verb

parched

simple past tense and past participle of parch