verb
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be parched
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Between the mounds the soil was parched .
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Her feet ached, her mouth was parched .
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His mouth was parched with expectation and from the whisky of the night before.
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I am growing weak, oh so weak; my tongue is dry, my lips are parched .
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My limbs fail, my mouth is parched , my hair is standing on end.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Between the mounds the soil was parched.
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Do the rays of the west sun parch a certain spot?
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Her feet ached, her mouth was parched.
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His mouth was parched with expectation and from the whisky of the night before.
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It seemed to parch his mouth as he gulped it down.
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Lack of rain has left acres and acres of parched fields.
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My limbs fail, my mouth is parched, my hair is standing on end.
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Suddenly the South Lawn no longer looked stately and green, just hot and parched.