singe

About 0.14 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To burn slightly.
2. verb To remove the nap of (cloth), by passing it rapidly over a red-hot bar, or over a flame, preliminary to dyeing it.
3. verb To remove the hair or down from (a plucked chicken, etc.) by passing it over a flame.
4. noun A burning of the surface; a slight burn.
5. verb Obsolete form of sing.

Similar words

scorch swinge burn unique sole only single besinge sweal swither

Often followed by

the his a and their my it off your

Word family

singed singeing singes