1. （尤指地面或植物）焦干的，焦枯的
If something, especially the ground or a plant, is parched, it is very dry, because there has been no rain.

2. （嘴、喉咙或嘴唇）干燥的
If your mouth, throat, or lips are parched, they are unpleasantly dry.

3. 干渴的；焦渴的
If you say that you are parched, you mean that you are very thirsty.

1. toasted or roasted slightly

e.g. parched corn was a staple of the Indian diet

2. dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight

e.g. a vast desert all adust
land lying baked in the heat
parched soil
the earth was scorched and bare
sunbaked salt flats

Synonym: adustbakedscorchedsunbaked