SINGE

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

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Etymology

Verb

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.

Synonyms

• scorch

Noun

singe (plural singes)

A burning of the surface; a slight burn.

Anagrams

• Giens, Gines, Niges, Signe, gines, segni, sengi

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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