singe (n.)

  1. a surface burn

    [ Syn: scorch ]

    singe (v.)

  1. burn superficially or lightly; I singed my eyebrows

    [ Syn: swinge ]

  2. become superficially burned; my eyebrows singed when I bent over the flames

    [ Syn: scorch , sear ]

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