Burn superficially or lightly.
Sinônimos
Examples for "singe"
Examples for "singe"
1And I think we've done an excellent job with the singe, sir?
2When he says he wants a singe, they call him a sissy.
3A 21-year-old Irish woman has died in a singe-vehicle crash in Canada.
4The scars grew so hot he feared they might singe his hair.
5Sometimes, I would brush past the lights and singe my hands and arms.
1He would swinge the hair and the little nigger would yell, but he wouldn't be hurt.
2But at both Sholto there is my master, and doth ofttimes swinge me tightly for my soul's good.
3It hurled Dyckman against and along the big table, just as he put home one magnificent, majestic, mellifluous swinge with all his body in it.
4For they live in a swingeing wine-press, fifty steps up to it.
5They would face swingeing fines if found to be in breach.
6Many of the airlines who operate such aircraft have already revealed swingeing job cuts.
7There were swingeing downgrades, incestuous upgrades, strong figures, regulatory impacts, mergers shocks and bids.
8The article also said swingeing cuts to the library service were initially proposed in Hertfordshire.
9He would have liked to leave the banqueting hall at once with a swingeing curse.
10It relies on Dublin being able to impose harsh spending cuts and swingeing tax increases.
11The WTO demands swingeing cuts in price support.
12Although that bad idea was abandoned, large depositors suffered swingeing losses, helping cause a steep recession.
13On the face of it, a suspended ejection from Euro 2016 looks a bold, swingeing punishment.
14Banks say they fear swingeing fines and reputational risk if they are seen to be facilitating terrorism.
15The English RFU have made swingeing changes to the senior management coaching structure of the national side.
16This is all swingeing satire, yet oddly heartening, the most encouraging statement about Britain in the place.