The meaning of SCORCHED is parched or discolored by scorching.

(Definition of scorched from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

verb (used without object) to become scorched. Milk scorches easily. Informal., to travel or drive at high speed. The car scorched along the highway.

1. To become scorched or singed. 2. To go or move at a very fast, often excessively fast rate.

adjective dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight “the earth was scorched and bare” synonyms: adust, baked, parched, sunbaked dry free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or …

To scorch something means to burn it slightly. The bomb scorched the side of the building. [VERB noun]

Definition of scorch verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. [transitive, intransitive] to burn and slightly damage a surface by making it too hot; to be slightly burned by heat. scorch (something) …