Munshi Premchand

Trees bear fruits only to be eaten by others; the fields grown grains, but they are consumed by the world. Cows give milk, but she doesn't drink it herself - that is left to others. Clouds send rain only to quench the parched earth. In such giving, there is little space for selfishness.

Indian Writer

Joseph B. Wirthlin

Many in the world are searching, often intensely, for a source of refreshment that will quench their yearning for meaning and direction in their lives. They crave a cool, satisfying drink of insight and knowledge that will soothe their parched souls.

American Businessman

Allan Gurganus

To shy away from human extremes and human sensuality makes for bone-dry fiction. A world parched of our sexual releases and our tumultuous daily emotional lives is deeply impoverished. It is not lifelike, at least life as I remember living it.

American Novelist

William John Wills

The country up here is beautiful; everything green and pleasant; and if you saw it now, you would not believe that in two months' time it could have such a parched and barren appearance as it will then assume.

English Scientist

Tatiana Schlossberg

Sometimes it feels hard to remember that Silicon Valley is an actual place, a collage of parched suburbs, and not just the collective noun for information-technology companies.

Often used to describe effects of sun, wind, or heat on nature.

Natural Elements

Parch implies intense dryness that often suggests a need for water.

Thirst Imagery

Can metaphorically describe a lack of vitality or freshness.

Metaphoric Use

Describes an uncomfortable dryness felt in the body.

Physical Sensation

Expresses an extreme state when describing physical dryness.

Descriptive Intensity

Used in cooking to mean lightly toasting or roasting without oil.

Culinary Technique

The process often alters the texture, making food crunchier.

Texture Change

Parching can enhance the natural flavors of grains and nuts.

Flavor Enhancement

 And then one of two things will happen. They'll either discover their long-lost cousin in the other corner of the room and run over and talk to them. Or they'll suddenly become parched and/or hungry -- and often both -- and sprint off for a drink and some food. And you'll be left in peace to talk to the person you really want to talk to.

Peter Donnelly: How...

 another male might require a little bit more moisture more swallowing power may have either saliva helps them to growl so sort of lubricate their mouth and to allow the internal bits of the mouth to to vibrate a little bit more for example you get a little bit of parched mouth if you want to sing nicely

Safari Live - Day 284 PIPE...

 find a drink somewhere but in other parts of the world where perhaps the winters are bitterly cold or here in the parched deserts of Australia where flowers only bloom after brief rains and it was that rely on nectar have to have some way of storing it to last them

David Attenborough Eats...

 completely parched on average the valley gets less than two inches of rain each year some years they don't get any at all in this extreme desolate landscape life is often hidden of course there are common creatures bighorn sheep that live

"The Land That God Had...

 That some areas are parched, and some farms are drying up, because who holds the rights to that water? And who is going to benefit most from being able to grow more pistachios and more pomegranates? That's the California story.

The Water of Lost Hills...

 opportunity of this moment is actually coming quite apparent extreme weather Trump's politics and Republicans and Democrats are working together in the flooded ranges of New York and New Jersey and the parched farmlands of

The climate change...

 looking for water being parched thirsty imagine coming to this valley and finding this and they said this is this is where we'll stay when you grow old with the community and all of their great great great great great

Remapping A Place: How...

 seasonal rains bring renewed life to this parched land attracting a herd of wildebeest eager to feast on the succulent sweet grasses that grow in the

Two Cheetahs vs....

 Waddling along the parched Australian earth, this female platypus is searching for fresh water.

A year in the life of...

 driven on by thirst they march hundreds of miles across the parched Plains