Associations to the word «Singe»

Wiktionary

SINGE, verb. (transitive) To burn slightly.
SINGE, verb. (transitive) To remove the nap of (cloth), by passing it rapidly over a red-hot bar, or over a flame, preliminary to dyeing it.
SINGE, verb. (transitive) To remove the hair or down from (a plucked chicken, etc.) by passing it over a flame.
SINGE, noun. A burning of the surface; a slight burn.

Dictionary definition

SINGE, noun. A surface burn.
SINGE, verb. Burn superficially or lightly; "I singed my eyebrows".
SINGE, verb. Become superficially burned; "my eyebrows singed when I bent over the flames".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats