singe

Definitions  ·  Examples  ·  Pronunciations  ·  Etymologies  ·  Related  ·  Statistics  ·  Comments  · 
In the days of Fashoda the Frenchman was a degenerate tigre-singe, the sworn enemy of religion and soap.

View all »
Definitions (20)

Toggle American Heritage definitions American Heritage Dictionary (5)

  1. transitive verb To burn superficially; scorch.
  2. transitive verb To burn off the feathers or bristles of (a carcass of a bird or animal) by subjecting briefly to flame. See Synonyms at burn1.
  3. transitive verb To burn the ends of (hair, for example).

Toggle Century definitions Century Dictionary (10)

Toggle GNU Webster definitions GNU Webster's 1913 (2)

Toggle WordNet definitions WordNet (3)

Toggle elsewhere links Elsewhere on the web

View all »
Examples (50)

  • One concept that's gotten attention is the "space broom," a ground-based laser that will use quick pulses to singe orbital debris, changing each piece's trajectory so that it deorbits faster. —  FOXNews.com
  • Despite her busy schedule, the globetrotting singe is a responsible mother. —  dailyindia.com News Feed
  • This is the first time since July that McCain has had only a singe-digit lead. —  Hominid Views
  • "_When He was reviled, He reviled not again._" The fire of revenge may singe or even scorch my enemy, but it will do far more damage to the furniture of my own soul. —  My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year
  • 177. CHICKEN BROTH Draw, singe, and cut a chicken into four quarters; wash these, put them into a clean saucepan with a quart of water, and set the broth to boil on the fire; skim it well, season with two ounces of sago, a small sprig of thyme and parsley, and a little salt. —  A Plain Cookery Book for the Working Classes
 

Tags

singe hasn't been tagged yet.

Sign up or sign in to add tags.

Stats

This word has been looked up 59 times.

On Twitter

Photos from

flickr images

Add a related word »
Related

Roget's II Roget's II: The New Thesaurus

Used in the same context Used in the Same Context

servante ·  celui-ci ·  garcon ·  inconsequentiality ·  bewilder ·  oublier ·  tight-shut ·  yp ·  infold ·  reefer ·  quoy ·  ajoute

Used in the same contextWord Family

singe:   singed
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary. Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Etymologies (2)

Toggle American Heritage etymologies American Heritage Dictionary (1)

  1. Middle English sengen, from Old English sengan.

Toggle Century etymologies Century Dictionary (1)

  1. from singe, v.
 

Pronunciations
Record your own »

/sɪndʒ/
by American Heritage

Charts

frequency chart

Bubble size: how much this word was used in a year

Bubble height: used more or less than expected, vs. all uses evenly distributed

You can expect to see this word about once a year.

Recently looked up

hub · scrimped · pit · Buttle · plug

Recent Favorites

pygopagus · sanglant · Astacus · sweetbread · qualms

Recent Pronunciations

nasal · autotruncate · rimshot · qualms · poofter