singe

/sษชndอกส’/

IPA: /S IH1 N JH/

noun
  1. 1

    A burning of the surface; a slight burn.

verb
  1. 1

    To burn slightly.

  2. 2

    To remove the nap of (cloth), by passing it rapidly over a red-hot bar, or over a flame, preliminary to dyeing it.

  3. 3

    To remove the hair or down from (a plucked chicken, etc.) by passing it over a flame.

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Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/singe