[adj] (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture; "dried-up grass"; "the desert was edged with sere vegetation"; "shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings"; "withered vines"
[v] cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat; "The sun parched the earth"
[v] make very hot and dry; "The heat scorched the countryside"
[v] become superficially burned; "my eyebrows singed when I bent over the flames"