singe

Pronunciation: /sɪnd͡ʒ/

The English word “singe” has 4 meanings listed here.

verb

To burn slightly.
To remove the nap of (cloth), by passing it rapidly over a red-hot bar, or over a flame, preliminary to dyeing it.
To remove the hair or down from (a plucked chicken, etc.) by passing it over a flame.

noun

A burning of the surface; a slight burn.

Etymology

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,…

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