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1. To pour boiling water over a food to clean it, loosen hairs (e.g. on a joint of pork), or remove the skin of fruit, tomatoes, etc.

2. To heat milk almost to boiling point, to retard souring or to make clotted cream.

3. Defect occurring in stored apples; the formation of brown patches under the skin, with browning and softening of the tissue underneath. Due to accumulation of gases given off during ripening.

[SKAWLD] n. A dry, tan- or brown-colored area on the skin of a fruit, such as an apple. It's usually caused by overexposure to sunlight and rarely affects the fruit quality. scald v. 1. A cooking technique-often used to retard the souring of milk-whereby a liquid is heated to just below the boiling point. 2. To plunge food such as tomatoes or peaches into boiling water (or to pour boiling water over them), in order to loosen their skin and facilitate peeling. Also referred to as blanch.

1. a burn caused by a hot liquid or a hot, moist vapor; to burn in such fashion.
2. see benign footrot.
3. alopecia, pityriasis and hair loss over the rump of the horse without dermatitis; occurs in warm wet weather when the skin is wet continuously for long periods.

• milk s. — see milk scald.
• sheep s. — see interdigital dermatitis.

A superficial discoloration on fruits, vegetables, leaves, or tree trunks caused by sudden exposure to intense sunlight, often following pruning or storm damage, or by moving a container-grown plant to a sunnier site.

IN BRIEF: To burn with very hot steam.

Thou art a soul in bliss; but I am bound Upon a wheel of fire; that mine own tears Do scald like molten lead. — William Shakespeare (1564-1616), English playwright, poet, from King Lear, Act: IV Scene: vii.

Dansk (Danish)
1.
v. tr. - skolde
v. intr. - blive skoldet
n. - skoldning, skoldsår

2.
n. - skjald

3.
n. - skæl

Nederlands (Dutch)
zich branden met kokend water, verbranden, uitkoken, bijna laten koken, plantenziekte, brandwond, hofdichter in het oude Scandinavië

Français (French)
1.
v. tr. - ébouillanter (qn, un légume), stériliser (qch) à l'eau bouillante, faire chauffer (qch) sans bouillir
v. intr. - s'ébouillanter
n. - brûlure (causée par un liquide bouillant)

2.
n. - poète médiéval Scandinave

3.
n. - desquamation (de la peau, du cuir chevelu)

Deutsch (German)
1.
v. - verbrühen, auskochen
n. - Verbrühung

2.
n. - Skalde

3.
n. - Grind

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - ζεματάω, ζεματίζω
n. - έγκαυμα (από ζεμάτισμα)

Italiano (Italian)
scottare, sterilizzare, scottatura

Português (Portuguese)
v. - queimar
n. - queimadura (f)

Русский (Russian)
ожог, короста, обваривать, обливать кипятком, ошпаривать, доводить до кипения, покрытый коростой, дрянной, презренный

Español (Spanish)
1.
v. tr. - escaldar, abrasar, quemar
v. intr. - escaldarse
n. - escaldadura, quemadura

2.
n. - escaldo

3.
n. - caspa

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - skålla sig, skålla, skållas, koka, hetta upp, börja sjuda
n. - skållning, brännskada

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
1. 烫伤, 用沸水烫, 用沸水消毒, 烫洗, 把...加热至接近沸点, 烫, 烫痛, 晒焦, 灼枯

2. 烫, 烫洗, 晒焦, 灼枯, 烫伤

3. 烫伤, 烫洗

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
1.
v. tr. - 燙傷, 用沸水燙, 用沸水消毒, 燙洗, 把...加熱至接近沸點
v. intr. - 燙, 燙傷, 燙痛
n. - 燙, 燙洗, 曬焦, 灼枯, 燙傷

2.
n. - 燙, 燙洗, 曬焦, 灼枯, 燙傷

3.
n. - 燙傷, 燙洗

한국어 (Korean)
1.
v. tr. - ~을 데게 하다, ~을 끓이다, 끓는 점 가까이 까지 가열하다
v. intr. - 화상을 입다, 화상을 입을 정도로 뜨겁다
n. - 화상, (과일의) 썩음, (햇볕에 의한) 나뭇잎의 변색

2.
n. - 스칼드 (옛 스칸디나비아의 궁정 시인), 버짐, 기계총

3.
n. - 비듬, 각질

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 火傷
v. - やけどさせる, 熱湯消毒する, 熱湯をかける

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يسمط بماء حار, يحرق (الاسم) حرق في ألجسم بسبب ماء حار‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮כווה ברותחים, חלט, מלג‬
v. intr. - ‮חימם עד לרתיחה, ניקה ברותחים‬
n. - ‮כוויה ברותחים, מחלת השחמת פירות‬
n. - ‮איות שונה של DLAKS - משורר בסקנדינביה בימה"ב‬
n. - ‮איות שונה של LLACS - קשקשת בשיער‬

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