parched

  • (s) dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight
    • a vast desert all adust
    • land lying baked in the heat
    • parched soil
    • the earth was scorched and bare
    • sunbaked salt flats
    adust, baked, scorched, sunbaked,
  • (s) toasted or roasted slightly
    • parched corn was a staple of the Indian diet

Synonyms

adust baked scorched sunbaked

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