singe
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /sɪnd͡ʒ/
singe (singes, present participle singeing; past and past participle singed)
- (transitive) To burn slightly.
- L'Estrange
- I singed the toes of an ape through a burning glass.
- L'Estrange
- (transitive) To remove the nap of (cloth), by passing it rapidly over a red-hot bar, or over a flame, preliminary to dyeing it.
- (transitive) To remove the hair or down from (a plucked chicken, etc.) by passing it over a flame.
- French: roussir
- German: ansengen, versengen
- Italian: scottare, bruciacchiare
- Portuguese: chamuscar
- Russian: подпа́ливать
- Spanish: chamuscar
- German: absengen
singe (plural singes)
- A burning of the surface; a slight burn.
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