Pronunciation: skăld or skạld; 277
v. t.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.
[imp. & p. p. Scalded; p. pr. & vb. n. Scalding.]
Mine own tears
Do scald like molten lead.
- Shak.
n.1.A burn, or injury to the skin or flesh, by some hot liquid, or by steam.
a.1.Affected with the scab; scabby.
2.Scurvy; paltry; as, scald rhymers.
Scald crow
(Zool.) the hooded crow.
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.
n.1.Scurf on the head. See Scall.
Noun1.scald - a burn cause by hot liquid or steam
2.scald - the act of burning with steam or hot water
Synonyms: blister, whip
2.scald - treat with boiling water; "scald tomatoes so that they can be peeled"
3.scald - heat to the boiling point; "scald the milk"
4.scald - burn with a hot liquid or steam; "She scalded her hands when she turned on the faucet and hot water came out"
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
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