singe has definitions from the field of medicine
1
[ verb ] burn superficially or lightly

Synonyms

scorch swinge

Examples

"I singed my eyebrows"

Used in print

(T. C. McClary, "The Flooded Desert," Argosy,...)

Molten glare singed their eyelids an angry crimson ; suffocating air sapped their strength and strained their nerves to snapping ; dust choked their throats and lay like acid in their lungs .

Related terms

char burn scorch

2
[ verb ] become superficially burned

Synonyms

sear scorch

Examples

"my eyebrows singed when I bent over the flames"

Related terms

burn scorch

3
[ noun ] (medicine) a surface burn

Synonyms

scorch

Related terms

burn sear scorch

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