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singe / sinj/ • v. (singe·ing ) [tr.] burn (something) superficially or lightly: the fire had singed his eyebrows | [as adj.] (singed) a smell of singed feathers. ∎ [intr.] be burned in this way: the heat was so intense I could feel the hairs on my hands singe. ∎ burn the bristles or down off (the carcass of a pig or fowl) to prepare it for cooking. • n. a superficial burn. |
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"singe." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "singe." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-singe.html "singe." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-singe.html |
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singe OE. senċġan, sænċġan (usu. besenċġan) = OS. bisengian (Du. zengen), (M)HG. sengen :- WGmc. *saŋgjan, f. *saŋg- *seŋg- *suŋg-, repr. also by Du. sengel spark, MHG. senge dryness, etc.
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T. F. HOAD. "singe." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "singe." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-singe.html T. F. HOAD. "singe." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-singe.html |
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singe To pass a plucked bird quickly over a flame to burn off the down.
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DAVID A. BENDER. "singe." A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. DAVID A. BENDER. "singe." A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O39-singe.html DAVID A. BENDER. "singe." A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition. 2005. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O39-singe.html |
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singe
•Falange, flange
•avenge, henge, revenge, Stonehenge
•arrange, change, counterchange, estrange, exchange, grange, interchange, Lagrange, mange, part-exchange, range, short-change, strange
•binge, cringe, fringe, hinge, impinge, singe, springe, swinge, syringe, tinge, twinge, whinge
•challenge • orange • scavenge
•lozenge • blancmange
•lounge, scrounge
•blunge, expunge, grunge, gunge, lunge, plunge, scunge, sponge
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"singe." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "singe." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-singe.html "singe." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-singe.html |
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