Topic: ILLNESS AND DISABILITY
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| Date: | 1100-1200 |
| Language: | Old North French |
| Origin: | escalder, from Late Latin excaldare 'to wash in warm water', from Latin calidus 'warm' |
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scald1
[transitive]
[transitive]MI to burn your skin with hot liquid or steam : Don't scald yourself with that kettle!
Don't scald yourself with that kettle!WORD FOCUS: burn WORD FOCUS: burn
to be burning: be on fire, be ablaze, be alight
to start burning: catch fire, burst into flames, ignite
to make something start burning: light, set fire to something
to make something stop burning: put out, extinguish
to hurt or damage your skin with hot liquid or steam: scald
the crime of deliberately setting fire to buildings: arson
➔ See also burn
WORD FOCUS: burn to be burning: be on fire, be ablaze, be alight
to start burning: catch fire, burst into flames, ignite
to make something start burning: light, set fire to something
to make something stop burning: put out, extinguish
to hurt or damage your skin with hot liquid or steam: scald
the crime of deliberately setting fire to buildings: arson
➔ See also burn
