Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- transitive v. To burn superficially; scorch.
- transitive v. To burn off the feathers or bristles of (a carcass of a bird or animal) by subjecting briefly to flame. See Synonyms at burn1.
- transitive v. To burn the ends of (hair, for example).
- transitive v. To burn the nap from (cloth) in manufacturing.
- n. A slight or surface burn; a scorch.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- v. To burn slightly.
- n. A burning of the surface; a slight burn.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- transitive v. To burn slightly or superficially; to burn the surface of; to burn the ends or outside of.
- transitive v.
- transitive v. To remove the nap of (cloth), by passing it rapidly over a red-hot bar, or over a flame, preliminary to dyeing it.
- transitive v. To remove the hair or down from (a plucked chicken or the like) by passing it over a flame.
- n. A burning of the surface; a slight burn.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To burn superficially; especially, to burn off the ends or projections of: as, to singe a fowl (to burn off the small downy or thready feathers left after plucking); to singe cloth or calico (to burn off the projecting pile or nap); to singe the hair of the head.
- To parch; make arid and dry.
- To act on with an effect similar to that of heat: said of extreme cold.
- Figuratively, to injure superficially; come near injuring seriously; harm.
- Synonyms Sear, etc. See scorch.
- n. A burning of the surface; a scorching; hence, a heat capable of singeing.
- n. An injury or hurt caused by singeing; a superficial burn.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- v. burn superficially or lightly
- n. a surface burn
- v. become superficially burned
Etymologies
Examples
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Thanks to ComingSoon. net we know that it will be available in singe-disc and triple-disc.
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Weiler's attorney, Pamela Moreau, says a co-ed bathroom is not the same as a "unisex" one, which building codes define as a singe-user bathroom with a lock, the Free Press reported.
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French, is "singe," and the verb "singer" means to imitate mindlessly — as in "to ape" in English. close window
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Since then, Crieff has become a "braw toon" without the other "singe" its Highland neighbours destined for it.
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If a democratic governor did this, which I'm sure many have, it would be a non-issue. singe
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Instead, he lit the long fuse on the Asian firecrackers that would singe America's hands for a century.
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It will surely singe and perhaps even torch some of the West's own interests in the region.
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Essentially, cloud computing is an extreme form of outsourcing, one in which hardware ownership and operation, software version updating, data storage and backup, and occasionally other functions as well, are all outsourced to a singe vendor.
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As we were reminded over the past few weeks in Tahrir Square, every singe person carries the fuse of civic engagement that can ignite our common humanity.
Jonathan Greenblatt: How Will You Show Some Love? Reinventing Valentine's Day
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He'll try to get a few laughs and gig politicos -- "we singe but we never burn," as the Gridiron motto says -- and share speaking duties with Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, the Democratic speaker.
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