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parched [pɑ:tʃt] ADJ

1. parched (dried out):

parched soil
izsušen
parched plants
posušen
parched lips, throat
suh

2. parched attr fig inf (very thirsty):

to be parched with thirst
umirati od žeje

3. parched (roasted):

parched corn, grain
popečen
parched corn, grain
popražen

I . parch [pɑ:tʃ] VB trans

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1. parch (make dry):

parch
izsuševati [perf izsušiti]

II . parch [pɑ:tʃ] VB intr (become dry)

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He landed in a country parched by drought and poverty.
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Parched soldiers of both sides drank from the town's namesake springs.
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The dry weather also caused parched ground, and strong winds caused forest and moorland fires.
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They were then parched, steamed, dried, cooked into a mush or dried for storage.
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To make damper, the seeds are parched with hot sand so their skins can be removed before they are ground for flour.
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Frizzled to a mere toast, sir; parched, desiccated by the simoom, the dread simoom.
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His subjects often focused on the exotic contradictions of the desert, a place where the parched land coexisted with thriving beauty.
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The bombardments in the dry landscape, that was parched by the heat, resulted in many wildfires.
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Little rain had fallen and the landscape was parched, causing considerable losses among his oxen.
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To cool my parched lips, the cowboy then said.
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