parching

verb

present participle of parch
as in drying
to make dry the heat has really parched my throat

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Recent Examples of parching Many of them, like Tubbs, were refugee Midwesterners, sick of parching droughts and devouring plagues of locusts, the insects descending in buzzing clouds thick enough to blacken the noonday sun. — Literary Hub, 10 July 2026 Alegria also sees wild rice production growing using the traditional Indigenous methods of drying, parching, dancing and winnowing at rice camps in northern Wisconsin. — Frank Vaisvilas, jsonline.com, 4 Dec. 2025 Drought and long, hot summer days are sucking Western Colorado’s rivers dry, parching farm fields and fueling the massive wildfires proliferating across the region. — Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 15 Aug. 2025
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drying
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  • Despite its size, the product still delivers the same powerful drying technology people have come to expect from Dyson.
    — Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2026
  • No soap, paper towels or mechanical hand drying graced the kitchen handwash sink.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of drying

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