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Nothing will grow in this parched soil.parched = dried out
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The water felt good on my parched mouth and throat.parched = dry
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Cactus is about all that will grow in this parched soil.parched = dried out
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His mouth was as dry and as parched as the lake. (source)
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The tension in the parched earth eased and vanished. (source)parched = dried out (without adequate water)
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"Water," the voice said in a parched, croaking whisper. (source)parched = dry and very thirsty
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Rahim Khan raised the teacup to his parched lips and took a sip. (source)parched = dry and thirsty
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Surely there is no greater gift to a man than that which turns all his aims into parching lips and all life into a fountain. (source)parching = drying out (or making thirsty)
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Envy so parch'd my blood, that had I seen A fellow man made joyous, thou hadst mark'd A livid paleness overspread my cheek.† (source)parch'd = dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight; or very thirsty
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...parch, like earth denied rain. (source)parch = dry out
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That only reminded them that they were also parchingly thirsty, without doing anything to relieve them: you cannot quench a terrible thirst by standing under giant oaks and waiting for a chance drip to fall on your tongue. (source)parchingly = in a manner that is excessively dry
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And as when in late summer the north wind swiftly parcheth a new watered orchard, and he that tilleth it is glad, thus was the whole plain parched, and Hephaistos consumed the dead; then against the river he turned his gleaming flame.† (source)parcheth = dries out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight; or makes very thirstystandard suffix: Today, the suffix "-eth" is replaced by "-s", so that where they said "It parcheth" in older English, today we say "It parches."
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We take turns holding our mouths under the tap, wetting our parched tongues. (source)parched = dry (thirsty)
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The old and weary voice fell like sweet rain upon his quaking parching heart.† (source)parching = drying out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight; or making very thirsty
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And I, when he to me outstretch'd his arm, Intently fix'd my ken on his parch'd looks, That although smirch'd with fire, they hinder'd not But I remember'd him; and towards his face My hand inclining, answer'd: "Sir!† (source)parch'd = dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight; or very thirsty
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Stella runs out to the parch, with Eunice following to comfort her, simultaneously with the confused voices of the men in the kitchen.† (source)parch = dry out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight; or make very thirsty
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