Scald

English Meaning

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.

1. To burn with or as if with hot liquid or steam.
2. To subject to or treat with boiling water: scalded the hide to remove the hair; scalded and peeled the tomatoes.
3. To heat (a liquid, such as milk) almost to the boiling point.
4. To criticize harshly; excoriate.
5. To become scalded.
6. A body injury caused by scalding.
7. Botany A superficial discoloration on fruit, vegetables, leaves, or tree trunks caused by sudden exposure to intense sunlight or the action of gases.
8. Botany A disease of some cereal grasses caused by a fungus of the genus Rhynchosporium.
9. Variant of skald.
10. Variant of scall.