Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb swinge

1 sense of swinge

Sense 1
singe, swinge -- (burn superficially or lightly; "I singed my eyebrows")
       => char, blacken, sear, scorch -- (burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color; "The cook blackened the chicken breast"; "The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece"; "the flames scorched the ceiling")