Adjective parched has 2 senses
- adust, baked, parched, scorched, sunbaked - 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"
Antonym: wet (indirect, via dry)
- parched - toasted or roasted slightly; "parched corn was a staple of the Indian diet"
Antonym: raw (indirect, via cooked)
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Verb parch has 1 sense
- parch, sear - cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat; "The sun parched the earth"
--1 is one way to dry, dry out
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