parched
v. B2 Upper Intermediate US //ˈpɑɹtʃt// UK //pˈɑːtʃt// parched
v. extremely dry and thirsty. You use this to describe a person who needs water or a place that has no rain.
v. extremely dry; suffering from a severe lack of moisture or water. Often used to describe a person's physical state or the condition of a landscape.
The hikers were parched after walking through the desert all day.
After the long summer heatwave, the local park was a parched wasteland with no grass left.
The parched earth cracked open as the drought continued, leaving the once-fertile valley unable to support even the hardiest of crops.