parched

adj. dried out, dry, thirsty

v. dry, remove moisture; toast, roast, cook slightly over dry heat

Adjective
1. dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight; "a vast desert all adust"; "land lying baked in the heat"; "parched soil"; "the earth was scorched and bare"; "sunbaked salt flats"
(synonym) adust, baked, scorched, sunbaked
(similar) dry
2. toasted or roasted slightly; "parched corn was a staple of the Indian diet"
(similar) cooked

Verb
1. cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat; "The sun parched the earth"
(synonym) sear
(hypernym) dry, dry out

(imp. & p. p.)
of Parch
  

Synonyms and related words:
Sanforized, adust, ashen, ashy, athirst, attenuated, baked, blistered, burned, burnt, burnt-up, consumed, consumed by fire, corky, dehydrated, desiccated, dried, dried-up, droughty, dry, emacerated, emaciated, evaporated, exsiccated, gutted, incinerated, mummified, preshrunk, pyrographic, pyrolyzed, scorched, sear, seared, sere, shriveled, shriveled up, shrunk, shrunken, singed, sun-dried, sunbaked, sunburned, thin, thirsting, thirsty, wasted, wasted away, weazened, wind-dried, withered, wizen, wizen-faced, wizened
  

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