scorch, singe
(noun) a surface burn
singe, swinge
(verb) burn superficially or lightly; “I singed my eyebrows”
scorch, sear, singe
(verb) become superficially burned; “my eyebrows singed when I bent over the flames”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
singe (third-person singular simple present singes, present participle singeing, simple past and past participle singed)
(transitive) To burn slightly.
• L'Estrange
(transitive) To remove the nap of (cloth), by passing it rapidly over a red-hot bar, or over a flame, preliminary to dyeing it.
(transitive) To remove the hair or down from (a plucked chicken, etc.) by passing it over a flame.
• scorch
singe (plural singes)
A burning of the surface; a slight burn.
• Giens, Gines, Niges, Signe, gines, segni, sengi
Source: Wiktionary
Singe, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Singed; p. pr. & vb. n. Singeing.] Etym: [OE. sengen, AS. sengan in besengan (akin to D. zengen, G. sengen), originally, to cause to sing, fr. AS. singan to sing, in allusion to the singing or hissing sound often produced when a substance is singed, or slightly burned. See Sing.]
1. To burn slightly or superficially; to burn the surface of; to burn the ends or outside of; as, to singe the hair or the skin. You sulphurous and thought-executing fires, . . . Singe my white head! Shak. I singed the toes of an ape through a burning glass. L'Estrange.
2. (a) To remove the nap of (cloth), by passing it rapidly over a red- hot bar, or over a flame, preliminary to dyeing it. (b) To remove the hair or down from (a plucked chicken or the like) by passing it over a flame.
Singe, n.
Definition: A burning of the surface; a slight burn.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 March 2025
(verb) hold one’s ground; maintain a position; be steadfast or upright; “I am standing my ground and won’t give in!”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
