1 example sentence using parch.
Parch used in a sentence
Parch in a sentence as a verb
> But as large as the dams are, their margins are minuscule and operating them takes unerring foresight and subtle management: let too much water fill reservoirs and a rainstorm might flood Portland; keep the reservoirs too empty and you’ll parch farmers. Send too much water over a dam’s spillway and you’ll suffocate fish with dissolved gases; send too much through its turbines and you’ll overload the electrical grid.
Parch definitions
verb
cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat; "The sun parched the earth"
See also: sear