parched

Language: en

🇺🇸 /ˈpɑrtʃt/

📖 Definitions

  1. adjective
    Extremely thirsty; feeling a strong need to drink water.; Dried out or desiccated due to lack of moisture, especially from heat or sun.; Dried or shriveled by heat, as food or grain.; Having a dry, hoarse quality, as a voice or throat.
  2. verb
    Past tense and past participle of 'parch'; to make extremely dry or thirsty.

🔗 Details

Word forms

3rd sing.: parches Past: parched Past part.: parched Pres part.: parching

Collocations

parched earthparched lipsparched throatparched landparched mouth

Derivatives

parchedparching

Synonyms

desiccatedariddehydratedscorcheddriedthirsty

Antonyms

moistwethydrated

Commonly confused

perched
EN: 'Perched' means sitting or resting on an elevated position; 'parched' means extremely dry or thirsty.
parchment
EN: 'Parchment' is a writing material made from animal skin; it is not derived from 'parch' despite the similar spelling.

Spelling tips

EN: Do not confuse 'parched' (extremely dry) with 'perched' (sitting on something elevated). They differ by only one vowel but have entirely different meanings.

💬 Examples

  1. After running the marathon in the summer heat, I was absolutely parched.

  2. The parched earth cracked under the relentless summer sun.

  3. The farmers stored the parched corn for the winter months.

  4. She spoke in a parched whisper after hours of lecturing without water.

  5. The drought parched the fields and left the crops withered.