Singe
verb
To burn lightly on the surface, not deeply, making it discolored or damaged.
I accidentally singed my hair while lighting the candle.
Often appears as...
- singe hair
- singe edges
noun
A light burn or discoloring caused by slight burning.
He got a singe on the sleeve of his shirt from the barbecue.
Often appears as...
- hair singe
- sleeve singe
verb
To burn lightly on the surface, not deeply, making it discolored or damaged.
I accidentally singed my hair while lighting the candle.
Often appears as...
- singe hair
- singe edges
noun
A light burn or discoloring caused by slight burning.
He got a singe on the sleeve of his shirt from the barbecue.
Often appears as...
- hair singe
- sleeve singe
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Surface Damage
Singe involves light damage to the surface, often without catching fire or charing deeply.
The dryer was too hot and singed the thin fabric of the dress.
Pro Tip 2/3Accidental Action
Singeing usually happens by accident, when something gets too close to heat.
Be careful not to singe the curtains with that space heater.
Pro Tip 3/3Hair Care Caution
When styling hair with heat, be wary of the temperature to avoid singeing it.
She had the flat iron too high and singed the tips of her hair.
Pro Tip 1/3Surface Damage
Singe involves light damage to the surface, often without catching fire or charing deeply.
The dryer was too hot and singed the thin fabric of the dress.
Pro Tip 2/3Accidental Action
Singeing usually happens by accident, when something gets too close to heat.
Be careful not to singe the curtains with that space heater.
Pro Tip 3/3Hair Care Caution
When styling hair with heat, be wary of the temperature to avoid singeing it.
She had the flat iron too high and singed the tips of her hair.
Pro Tip 1/3Surface Damage
Singe involves light damage to the surface, often without catching fire or charing deeply.
The dryer was too hot and singed the thin fabric of the dress.
Pro Tip 2/3Accidental Action
Singeing usually happens by accident, when something gets too close to heat.
Be careful not to singe the curtains with that space heater.
Pro Tip 3/3Hair Care Caution
When styling hair with heat, be wary of the temperature to avoid singeing it.
She had the flat iron too high and singed the tips of her hair.
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John Wesley Powell: From...
no-name we had been making dinner on a little spot of sand at the beach and unfortunately Hawkins had caught the trees on fire right there they burned down the camp and we got singed eyebrows and clothes burned and we scrambled into the boats and went downriver and Hawkins
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We Are What We Eat:...
her cheeks are burned by the cold, it's not make up. They use everything on the animal. You kill the goat, you gather the blood that you might cook And you eat absolutely everything you singe the head on fire, you'll boil the head. You know, apart from the horns you'll
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Safari Live - Day 190 PIPE...
mean that this tree is dead and this looks like a small silver cluster leaf and how do we tell if a plant is dead well you take a little branch and you snap it and if it snaps it's dead but look inside there it's very green still so no darts of the fire singed this
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We Are What We Eat:...
They singe it in the fire straight in. Protein is very important, protein. This is the only way for them to get it. They don't get animals every day. Yeah, if they get that once a week, they'll be happy. And then they do the gutting, often the kids do the gutting.
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Rachel Sussman: The...
and that this is ground level, imagine that the whole thing, that whole bulk of the tree, migrated underground, and you just have those leaves peeping up above the surface. That way, when a fire roars through, it's the equivalent of getting your eyebrows singed.
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An interview with the...
And what I'm seeing is that there's also an emerging network of black, undocumented people who are resisting the framework, and resisting the criminalization of their existence. And that to me is incredibly powerful and inspires me every singe day. Thank you.
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The myth of Jason,...
Dodging sharp claws and singeing breath, Jason scrambled up the tree and sprinkled a sweet-smelling concoction over the dragon. As the strains of Medea’s incantations reached its ears and the potion settled in its eyes, the dragon sank into a deep sleep.
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Horses vs. Horsepower:...
and I still have my eyebrows and all the arm hair because there are days where the steam mop process has become difficult and where I've lost eyebrows and singed hairs on my arm history's critical for all of us to
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You have no idea where...
and there was this really interesting smell that comes from it. It smelled kind of like singed flesh. It was a smell that Natalia recognized from cutting up skulls in her gross anatomy collagen.
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Eating Bats PIPE National...
are cut up for the main dish the hunters steered clear of the crocodiles and brought home plenty of bats now i'm singeing the hair on the
Video examples
John Wesley Powell: From...
no-name we had been making dinner on a little spot of sand at the beach and unfortunately Hawkins had caught the trees on fire right there they burned down the camp and we got singed eyebrows and clothes burned and we scrambled into the boats and went downriver and Hawkins
Video examples
We Are What We Eat:...
her cheeks are burned by the cold, it's not make up. They use everything on the animal. You kill the goat, you gather the blood that you might cook And you eat absolutely everything you singe the head on fire, you'll boil the head. You know, apart from the horns you'll
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 190 PIPE...
mean that this tree is dead and this looks like a small silver cluster leaf and how do we tell if a plant is dead well you take a little branch and you snap it and if it snaps it's dead but look inside there it's very green still so no darts of the fire singed this
Video examples
We Are What We Eat:...
They singe it in the fire straight in. Protein is very important, protein. This is the only way for them to get it. They don't get animals every day. Yeah, if they get that once a week, they'll be happy. And then they do the gutting, often the kids do the gutting.
Video examples
Rachel Sussman: The...
and that this is ground level, imagine that the whole thing, that whole bulk of the tree, migrated underground, and you just have those leaves peeping up above the surface. That way, when a fire roars through, it's the equivalent of getting your eyebrows singed.
Video examples
An interview with the...
And what I'm seeing is that there's also an emerging network of black, undocumented people who are resisting the framework, and resisting the criminalization of their existence. And that to me is incredibly powerful and inspires me every singe day. Thank you.
Video examples
The myth of Jason,...
Dodging sharp claws and singeing breath, Jason scrambled up the tree and sprinkled a sweet-smelling concoction over the dragon. As the strains of Medea’s incantations reached its ears and the potion settled in its eyes, the dragon sank into a deep sleep.
Video examples
Horses vs. Horsepower:...
and I still have my eyebrows and all the arm hair because there are days where the steam mop process has become difficult and where I've lost eyebrows and singed hairs on my arm history's critical for all of us to
Video examples
You have no idea where...
and there was this really interesting smell that comes from it. It smelled kind of like singed flesh. It was a smell that Natalia recognized from cutting up skulls in her gross anatomy collagen.
Video examples
Eating Bats PIPE National...
are cut up for the main dish the hunters steered clear of the crocodiles and brought home plenty of bats now i'm singeing the hair on the
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Wesley Morris
American Critic
Ms. Sciorra is a member of a dwindling fleet of actors who actually sound like they come from somewhere. In her case, 'somewhere' is Brooklyn. In most movies, and perhaps especially in a handful of singeing 'Sopranos' episodes, 'somewhere' makes her vital. She's what you'd call an around-the-way girl.
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Richard Corliss
American Writer
For my wife Mary Corliss and me, 'Colbert' has been destination viewing. Even in the early years, we never took the show's excellence for granted, agreeing that someday we'd look back on the double whammy of 'The Daily Show' and 'The Colbert Report' as the golden age of TV's singeing singing satire.
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Jeffrey Combs
American Actor
I think there's something in the human psyche that we're titillated by the person who flies too close to the candle and their wings get singed.
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Rick Santelli
American Journalist
I don't believe anyone should ignore all the fires around you and stand pat and not worry about getting singed.
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Urvashi Rautela
Indian Actress
When I singed 'Love Dose' with Yo Yo Honey Singh, I heard the song and got hooked to it.
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William Shakespeare
English Playwright
Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot that it do singe yourself.
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Wesley Morris
American Critic
Ms. Sciorra is a member of a dwindling fleet of actors who actually sound like they come from somewhere. In her case, 'somewhere' is Brooklyn. In most movies, and perhaps especially in a handful of singeing 'Sopranos' episodes, 'somewhere' makes her vital. She's what you'd call an around-the-way girl.
Quote examples
Richard Corliss
American Writer
For my wife Mary Corliss and me, 'Colbert' has been destination viewing. Even in the early years, we never took the show's excellence for granted, agreeing that someday we'd look back on the double whammy of 'The Daily Show' and 'The Colbert Report' as the golden age of TV's singeing singing satire.
Quote examples
Jeffrey Combs
American Actor
I think there's something in the human psyche that we're titillated by the person who flies too close to the candle and their wings get singed.
Quote examples
Rick Santelli
American Journalist
I don't believe anyone should ignore all the fires around you and stand pat and not worry about getting singed.
Quote examples
Urvashi Rautela
Indian Actress
When I singed 'Love Dose' with Yo Yo Honey Singh, I heard the song and got hooked to it.
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William Shakespeare
English Playwright
Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot that it do singe yourself.
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