scald

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

1. a burn cause by hot liquid or steam
• Hypernyms:
burn
2. the act of burning with steam or hot water
• Hypernyms:
burn

II - verb

1. subject to harsh criticism
- The Senator blistered the administration in his speech on Friday
- the professor scaled the students
- your invectives scorched the community
• Syn:
blister, whip
• Hypernyms:
attack, round, assail, lash out, snipe, assault
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
2. treat with boiling water
- scald tomatoes so that they can be peeled
• Hypernyms:
process, treat
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. heat to the boiling point
- scald the milk
• Hypernyms:
heat, heat up
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
4. burn with a hot liquid or steam
- She scalded her hands when she turned on the faucet and hot water came out
• Hypernyms:
burn
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  blister, whip