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singe

/sɪnd͡ʒ/

singe verb: to burn slightly. Also the obsolete form of sing.

Verb

singe (third-person singular simple present singes, present participle singeing, simple past and past participle singed)

  1. (transitive) To burn slightly.
    • made combustible by Flame They treat of, we have pretty Game, For they their own Tail Singe, to save Us1702, Sir Roger L’Estrange, “The First Viſion of the Algouazil (or Catchpole) Poſſest”, in The Viſions of Dom Franciſco de Quevedo-Villegas'^([21])
  2. (transitive) To remove the nap of (cloth), by passing it rapidly over a red-hot bar, or over a flame, preliminary to dyeing it.
  3. (transitive) To remove the hair or down from (a plucked chicken, etc.) by passing it over a flame.

Noun

singe (plural singes)

  1. A burning of the surface; a slight burn.

Also used as

singe is also the obsolete form of sing.

singe meaning in Telugu and Sanskrit

singe in Telugu

to burn slightly
కమలు kamalu

singe in Sanskrit

to burn slightly
प्लोषति ploṣati

Synonyms of singe

Forms of singe

Verb
third-person singular presentsinges
present participlesingeing
past participlesinged
pastsinged
present participlesinging
pastsange
past participlesunge
Noun
pluralsinges

Past tense of singe: singed

Origin of singe

From Middle English sengen, from Old English senġan, sænċġan (“to singe, burn slightly, scorch, afflict”), from Proto-West Germanic *sangijan (“to burn, torch”), from Proto-Indo-European *senk- (“to burn”). Cognate with West Frisian singe, sinzje (“to singe”), Saterland Frisian soange (“to singe”), Dutch zengen (“to singe, scorch”), German Low German sengen (“to singe”), German sengen (“to singe, scorch”), Icelandic sangur (“singed, burnt, scorched”).

Words formed from singe

Words that rhyme with singe

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Questions about singe

What does singe mean?
Singe means to burn slightly.
What is singe in Telugu?
Singe in Telugu is కమలు (kamalu). See Singe meaning in Telugu.
What part of speech is singe?
Singe can be a verb or a noun.
How do you pronounce singe?
Singe is pronounced /sɪnd͡ʒ/.
What is the past tense of singe?
The past tense of singe is singed.

Words near singe in the dictionary

  1. Singaraja
  2. singaras
  3. Singareni
  4. singback
  5. singbacks
  6. singe
  7. singe one's wings
  8. singed
  9. singed cat
  10. singed cats
  11. singed one's wings

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