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| 1. | [ adjective ] dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight | |
| Synonyms: | baked scorched sunbaked adust | |
| Examples: | "a vast desert all adust" "land lying baked in the heat" "parched soil" "the earth was scorched and bare" "sunbaked salt flats" |
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| Related terms: | dry | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] (food) toasted or roasted slightly | |
| Examples: | "parched corn was a staple of the Indian diet" |
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| Related terms: | cooked | |
| Similar spelling: |
parricide parachute perched parked |
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