singe

1. 1.

   a surface burn

   Synonymsscorch

   Broaderburn

Other forms of singe

plural

singes·

past tense

singed·

present participle

singing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about singe

What does singe mean?

singe means "burn superficially or lightly". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in singe?

singe has 1 syllable: singe. In IPA it is /ˈsɪndʒ/.

What is another word for singe?

Close synonyms include swinge, scorch, sear, scorch. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is singe a common word?

singe is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.