All 3 Uses

parched
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The Poisonwood Bible
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Frankly, we were more interested in the news that heavy rain was falling to the west of us and might soon reach our own parched village.†
Chpt 4 *

parched = dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight; or very thirsty
But as we circled to receive our share of providence, the fat flanks of the magnificent beasts we'd stalked on the hill shrank to parched sinew, the gristle of drought-starved carcasses.†
Chpt 4
In just the few hours since the storm broke, the parched road through our village had become a gushing stream of mud, blood-red, throbbing like an artery.†
Chpt 5

Definitions:

(1) (parched)
dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight; or very thirsty
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)