parched /pɑːtʃt $ pɑːrtʃt/ BrE AmE adjective
1 . very dry, especially because of hot weather:
the parched African landscape
He raised the water bottle to his parched lips.
2 . be parched informal to be very thirsty
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THESAURUS
▪ dry having very little moisture, or no longer wet:
How do plants survive in hot dry conditions?
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My mouth feels dry.
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The clothes should be dry.
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The ground was bone dry (=completely dry) .
▪ parched completely dry – used about land, or about someone’s lips, throat, skin etc:
The earth was so parched that there were huge cracks in it.
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parched lips
▪ arid extremely dry because of lack or rain and therefore difficult for growing crops:
the arid landscape of the Danakil desert
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an arid mountain region