SINGE
What does "SINGE" mean?
To burn something lightly or superficially, especially at the edges.
Meanings
- To burn the surface or edges of something slightly, without consuming it. She leaned too close to the candle and singed her hair.
- A slight or surface burn. There was a small singe on the cuff of his shirt.
Did you know?
- Singe keeps its e in 'singeing' - drop it and you get 'singing', so the silent e is what separates a small burn from a song.
Word origin
From Old English 'sengan' (to burn slightly), from Proto-Germanic 'sangjaną'; the silent 'e' is kept before adding endings ('singeing') to preserve the soft 'g' sound.
Remember it
SINGE keeps its E so it doesn't become SING - a flame that licks, not a song.
A little poem
Too near the candle-
one curl curls back into smoke,
the warning, not the wound.
haiku
Wordplay
- I tried to sing while leaning over the stove and ended up doing a singe instead - one letter, and a much worse note.
What it teaches
A singe is a warning that costs only edges; heed it before the whole thing catches.
Quick facts
What does SINGE mean?
To burn something lightly or superficially, especially at the edges.
Is SINGE a valid word?
Yes — SINGE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is SINGE?
SINGE has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does SINGE come from?
From Old English 'sengan' (to burn slightly), from Proto-Germanic 'sangjaną'; the silent 'e' is kept before adding endings ('singeing') to preserve the soft 'g' sound.
What can SINGE teach us?
A singe is a warning that costs only edges; heed it before the whole thing catches.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.