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Adjective scorching has 1 sense
  1. scorching - hot and dry enough to burn or parch a surface; "scorching heat"
    Antonym:     cold (indirect, via hot)
,Adverbial scorching has 1 sense
  1. scorching - capable of causing burns; "it was scorching hot"
    Derived from adjective     scorching1
,Verb scorch has 5 senses
  1. sear, scorch - make very hot and dry; "The heat scorched the countryside"
    --1 is one way to heat, heat up
    Derived forms: noun scorch1, noun scorch3
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  2. scorch, sear, singe - become superficially burned; "my eyebrows singed when I bent over the flames"
    --2 is one way to burn, combust
    Derived form: noun scorch1
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s
  3. scorch - destroy completely by or as if by fire; "The wildfire scorched the forest and several homes"; "the invaders scorched the land"
    --3 is one way to     burn, fire, burn down
    Derived form: noun scorch1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  4. char, blacken, scorch - burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color; "The cook blackened the chicken breast"; "The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece"; "the flames scorched the ceiling"
    --4 is one way to burn
    Derived form: noun scorch1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  5. scorch - become scorched or singed under intense heat or dry conditions; "The exposed tree scorched in the hot sun"
    --5 is one way to     dry, dry out
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Something is ----ing PP
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