: superficially or lightly burned : burned on the edges
singed hair
singed fabric
Shrubs with singed branches emerging out of the grassland …Ann Swengel et al.

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In some cases, people walked miles to safety, with singed pets struggling in their arms and only the clothes on their backs. Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2025 On one side of the street, piles of singed rubble represented where home after home had existed. Matteo Moschella, NBC News, 12 Jan. 2025 The finish is kissed with a touch of singed spearmint, lending it excellent freshness alongside the more mature barrel-aging notes of its decade-long repose. Brian Freedman, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024 The ground was now full of enormous potholes covered by thin layers of singed plants. Manuela Andreoni, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2024 See All Example Sentences for singed

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First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of singed was in the 14th century

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“Singed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/singed. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.

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