[adjective] - (esp. of earth or crops) dried out because of too much heat and not enough rainparched earth/fields/cornThat summer there was a drought and the countryside was parched and brown.(figurative informal) I must get a drink - I'm absolutely parched (= extremely thirsty)!
PARCHED
Meaning of PARCHED in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012