| Singe 1. (v. t.) To burn slightly or superficially; to burn the surface of; to burn the ends or outside of; as, to singe the hair or the skin. 2. (v. t.) To remove the nap of (cloth), by passing it rapidly over a red-hot bar, or over a flame, preliminary to dyeing it. 3. (v. t.) To remove the hair or down from (a plucked chicken or the like) by passing it over a flame. 4. (n.) A burning of the surface; a slight burn. Thesaurus Entries attaint, bedaub, besmear, besmirch, besmoke, bestain, blacken, blaze, blister, blur, brand, burn, burn in, burn off, cast, cauterize, char, coal, crack, cupel, darken, daub, dirty, discolor, flame, found, mark, mat burn, oxidate, oxidize, parch, pyrolyze, scald, scorch, sear, second-degree burn, slubber, slur, smear, smirch, smoke, soil, solder, stain, stigmatize, sunburn, sunscald, swinge, taint, tarnish, third-degree burn, torrefy, vesicate, vulcanize, weld, windburn |