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Definition of parch verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

parch

verb

NAmE//pɑrtʃ//

parch somethingVerb Forms present simple I / you / we / they parch

he / she / it parches

past simple parched

-ing form parching

(especially of hot weather) to make an area of land very dry A drought is parching much of the country.

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