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
Every once in a while, you let a word or phrase out and you
want to catch it and bring it back. You can't do that. It's
gone, gone forever.