Noun

• S: (n) scald (a burn cause by hot liquid or steam)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form
• S: (n) scald (the act of burning with steam or hot water)

Verb

• S: (v) blister, scald, whip (subject to harsh criticism) "The Senator blistered the administration in his speech on Friday"; "the professor scaled the students"; "your invectives scorched the community"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (v) attack, round, assail, lash out, snipe, assault (attack in speech or writing) "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker"
• sentence frame
• S: (v) scald (treat with boiling water) "scald tomatoes so that they can be peeled"
• S: (v) scald (heat to the boiling point) "scald the milk"
• S: (v) scald (burn with a hot liquid or steam) "She scalded her hands when she turned on the faucet and hot water came out"