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parched
(pärcht)adj.
1. Dried out from extreme heat: parched land.
2. Roasted or dried: parched rice.
3. Very thirsty: parched laborers.
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parched
(pɑːtʃt)adj
dried up as a result of being deprived of waterunpleasantly dryvery thirsty
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Adj. | 1. | parched - 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" dry - free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet; "dry land"; "dry clothes"; "a dry climate"; "dry splintery boards"; "a dry river bed"; "the paint is dry" |
2. | parched - toasted or roasted slightly; "parched corn was a staple of the Indian diet" cooked - having been prepared for eating by the application of heat |
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parched
adjective
1. dried out or up, dry, withered, scorched, arid, torrid, shrivelled, dehydrated, waterless Showers poured down upon the parched earth.
2. thirsty, dry, dehydrated, drouthy (Scot.) After all that exercise, I was parched.
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Translations
جاف وحارعَطْشان
umírající žíznívyprahlý
tørstig
kiszáradtkitikkadt
sem er aî deyja úr òorsta, skrælnaîurskraufòurr og heitur, skrælnaîur
umierať od smädu
çok susamışkavrulmuşkurumuş
parched
[pɑːtʃt] ADJ [land etc] → abrasado, reseco (= thirsty) → reseco, muerto de sedI'm parched → me muero de sed
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Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
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[pɑːtʃt] adj (land, garden) → disseccato/a, riarso/a; (person) → assetato/aI'm parched! (fam) → muoio di sete!
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
parch
(paːtʃ) verb to make hot and very dry. The sun parched the earth.
parched adjective1. hot and dry. Nothing could grow in the parched land.
2. thirsty. Can I have a cup of tea – I'm parched!
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
parched
a. seco-a;
___ with thirst → estar muerto de sed.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012