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

False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.
Socrates