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🔥 Slightly burned 🔥 To burn lightly
to singed

to singed

3.0
To burn something lightly on the surface
  • verb
  • /sɪndʒd/
translation icon : quemar
  • The edges of the paper were singed by the candle flame.

Examples

  • The chef singed the edges of the steak.

  • He singed the tips of his hair while lighting the barbecue.

  • She accidentally singed her sleeve while reaching over the stove.

  • She accidentally singed her hair while cooking.

  • The edges of the paper were singed by the candle flame.

  • She accidentally singed her sleeve while reaching over the stove.

  • He singed the tips of his hair while lighting the barbecue.

Synonyms

to burn
vsto singed
∞ 1.0

To be on fire or damage something with heat

is only a light surface char and avoids full destruction
to scorch
vsto singed
20 3.5

To burn the surface slightly and make a brown mark

is lighter showing slight charring rather than deep burning
to singe
vsto singed
6 4.2

Burn the surface of something lightly with heat or flame

has identical meaning but differs only as a form variation

Antonyms

to preserve
496 3.4

To keep people and things safe from harm or change

How Burned

to incinerate
33 7.1
to burn
∞ 1.0
to char
53 4.6
to scorch
20 3.5
to singed
3.0

Surface Forms

singe infinitive
singed past
singed past participle
singing present participle
singes third person singular

Morphology

singed = singe (transparent) = singe + ed

This is the regular past/past-participle formation of the verb 'singe' using '-ed', so the morphological relation and meaning are transparent.

Etymology

Singed (verb) comes from the old English singe, meaning 'to burn a little', and it keeps that image: to singe something is to burn its surface lightly without destroying it.