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adjective

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as in dehydrated

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verb

past tense of parch
as in dried
to make dry the heat has really parched my throat

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Recent Examples of parched
Adjective
And in some fields, deep cracks have opened in the parched soil. — Drew Kann, AJC.com, 24 Apr. 2026 Like the rest of the West, Flagstaff has seen a parched winter that otherwise would have staved off the start of wildfire season. — Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 23 Apr. 2026
Verb
The result is hair that feels soft rather than stiff; piece-y and matte, but never parched. — Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 1 June 2026 But beyond these gardens the terrain is dry, trees thin; green after summer rains, but parched and bleached for most of the year. — Literary Hub, 12 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for parched
Recent Examples of Synonyms for parched
  1. dehydrated
  2. dried
  3. sunbaked
  4. scorched
  5. bone-dry
Adjective
  • The experience of eating it is even more shocking … the electric crunch of passionfruit seeds giving way to exploding citrus vesicles, glimmering like wayward teardrop gems … and … was that a dehydrated banana?
    — Cooking Editor, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
  • The masks are made from hydrogel, which, Dixneuf says, is particularly well-suited for dehydrated, puffy, and tired eyes.
    — Jenny Berg, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2025
Definition of dehydrated
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  • Once your produce is fully dried, store it in an airtight container so moisture cannot creep back in.
    — Lauren Schuster, Kansas City Star, 10 Aug. 2026
  • This can be accomplished with any kind of bread, nothing fancy needed, and when the bread is dried, just replace it with a fresh slice.
    — Mary Claire Britton, Southern Living, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of dried
Adjective
  • The wind had completely died down, and there were fewer passersby on the sunbaked streets.
    — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The bright yellow Castell General Store doubles as a community center, a place where sunbaked kayakers, cyclists and anglers down cheeseburgers and nurse Lone Star beers.
    — Pam LeBlanc, Southern Living, 20 July 2026
Definition of sunbaked
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  • The fire began Sunday morning in the Los Padres National Forest southeast of the neighborhood of Loma Vista and quickly scorched 400 acres, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
    — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026
  • More than 140,000 acres were scorched in Oregon in July, prompting thousands of residents to evacuate from mostly small towns across the central and eastern parts of the state.
    — Denise Chow, NBC news, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of scorched
Adjective
  • Much of Spain will be on alert Wednesday as temperatures climb above 35 Celsius (95 Fahrenheit) and vegetation remains bone-dry.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • And as always, Reacher’s bone-dry and hyper-literal wit continues to charm in this new adventure from showrunner Nick Santora (this time adapting author Lee Child’s Gone Tomorrow).
    — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of bone-dry

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