/sɪnd͡ʒ/
OriginFrom Middle English sengen, from Old English senġan, sænċġan (“to singe, burn slightly, scorch, afflict”), from Proto-West Germanic *sangijan (“to burn, torch”), from Proto-Indo-European *senk- (“to burn”). Cognate with West Frisian singe, sinzje (“to singe”), Saterland Frisian soange (“to singe”), Dutch zengen (“to singe, scorch”), German Low German sengen (“to singe”), German sengen (“to singe, scorch”), Icelandic sangur (“singed, burnt, scorched”).
- transitiveTo burn slightly.
“made combustible by Flame They treat of, we have pretty Game, For they their own Tail Singe, to save Us”
- transitiveTo remove the nap of (cloth), by passing it rapidly over a red-hot bar, or over a flame, preliminary to dyeing it.
- transitiveTo remove the hair or down from (a plucked chicken, etc.) by passing it over a flame.
- A burning of the surface; a slight burn.
Formssinges(present, singular, third-person) · singeing(participle, present) · singed(participle, past) · singed(past) · singes(plural)