Parched has 4 different meanings across 1 category:
Adjective
Verb
1
simple past tense and past participle of parch
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"
2
toasted or roasted slightly
"parched corn was a staple of the Indian diet"
Example Sentences
"a vast desert all adust"
adjective
"land lying baked in the heat"
adjective
"parched soil"
adjective
"the earth was scorched and bare"
adjective
"sunbaked salt flats"
adjective
"parched corn was a staple of the Indian diet"
adjective