'Scald' definitions:
Definition of 'scald'
(from WordNet)
noun
A burn cause by hot liquid or steam
noun
The act of burning with steam or hot water
verb
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, scald, whip]
verb
Treat with boiling water; "scald tomatoes so that they can be peeled"
verb
Heat to the boiling point; "scald the milk"
verb
Burn with a hot liquid or steam; "She scalded her hands when she turned on the faucet and hot water came out"
Definition of 'Scald'
From: GCIDE
- Scald \Scald\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scalded; p. pr. & vb. n. Scalding.] [OF. eschalder, eschauder, escauder, F. ['e]chauder, fr. L. excaldare; ex + caldus, calidus, warm, hot. See Ex, and Caldron.]
- 1. To burn with hot liquid or steam; to pain or injure by contact with, or immersion in, any hot fluid; as, to scald the hand. [1913 Webster]
- Mine own tears Do scald like molten lead. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Here the blue flames of scalding brimstone fall. --Cowley. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To expose to a boiling or violent heat over a fire, or in hot water or other liquor; as, to scald milk or meat. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Scald'
From: GCIDE
- Scald \Scald\, n. A burn, or injury to the skin or flesh, by some hot liquid, or by steam. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Scald'
From: GCIDE
- Scald \Scald\, a. [For scalled. See Scall.]
- 1. Affected with the scab; scabby. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Scurvy; paltry; as, scald rhymers. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Scald crow (Zool.), the hooded crow. [Ireland]
- Scald head (Med.), a name popularly given to several diseases of the scalp characterized by pustules (the dried discharge of which forms scales) and by falling out of the hair. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Scald'
From: GCIDE
- Scald \Scald\, n. Scurf on the head. See Scall. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Scald'
From: GCIDE
- Scald \Scald\ (sk[a^]ld or sk[add]ld; 277), n. [Icel. sk[=a]ld.] One of the ancient Scandinavian poets and historiographers; a reciter and singer of heroic poems, eulogies, etc., among the Norsemen; more rarely, a bard of any of the ancient Teutonic tribes. [Written also skald.] [1913 Webster]
- A war song such as was of yore chanted on the field of battle by the scalds of the yet heathen Saxons. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'scald'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abrade,
- abrasion,
- bake,
- bark,
- be in heat,
- blaze,
- blemish,
- bloody,
- bloom,
- boil,
- brand,
- break,
- broil,
- burn,
- chafe,
- check,
- chip,
- choke,
- claw,
- combust,
- concussion,
- cook,
- crack,
- crackle,
- craze,
- cut,
- flame,
- flame up,
- flare,
- flare up,
- flash burn,
- flicker,
- flush,
- fracture,
- fray,
- frazzle,
- fret,
- fry,
- gall,
- gash,
- gasp,
- glow,
- hurt,
- incandesce,
- incise,
- incision,
- injure,
- injury,
- lacerate,
- laceration,
- lesion,
- maim,
- make mincemeat of,
- mat burn,
- maul,
- mortal wound,
- mutilate,
- mutilation,
- pant,
- parch,
- pierce,
- puncture,
- radiate heat,
- rend,
- rent,
- rip,
- roast,
- run,
- rupture,
- savage,
- scorch,
- scotch,
- scrape,
- scratch,
- scuff,
- sear,
- second-degree burn,
- seethe,
- shimmer with heat,
- simmer,
- singe,
- skin,
- slash,
- slit,
- smolder,
- smother,
- sore,
- spark,
- sprain,
- stab,
- stab wound,
- steam,
- stew,
- stick,
- stifle,
- strain,
- suffocate,
- sunburn,
- sunscald,
- sweat,
- swelter,
- tear,
- third-degree burn,
- toast,
- trauma,
- traumatize,
- windburn,
- wound,
- wounds immedicable,
- wrench