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verb (used with object)
1.
to burn or char the surface of: She seared the steak to seal in the juices.
2.
to mark with a branding iron.
3.
to burn or scorch injuriously or painfully: He seared his hand on a hot steam pipe.
4.
to make callous or unfeeling; harden: The hardship of her youth has seared her emotionally.
5.
to dry up or wither; parch.
verb (used without object)
6.
to become dry or withered, as vegetation.
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Searest
is always a great word to know.
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| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
noun
7.
a mark or scar made by searing.
adjective
8.
sere1.
Origin:
before 900; (adj.) Middle English sere, Old English sēar; cognate with Dutch zoor; (v.) Middle English seren, Old English sēarian, derivative of sēar
before 900; (adj.) Middle English sere, Old English sēar; cognate with Dutch zoor; (v.) Middle English seren, Old English sēarian, derivative of sēar
Related forms
un·seared, adjective
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sear1 (sɪə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to scorch or burn the surface of |
| 2. | to brand with a hot iron |
| 3. | to cause to wither or dry up |
| 4. | rare to make callous or unfeeling |
| —n | |
| 5. | a mark caused by searing |
| —adj | |
| 6. | poetic dried up |
| [Old English sēarian to become withered, from sēar withered; related to Old High German sōrēn, Greek hauos dry, Sanskrit sōsa drought] | |
| sear2 (sɪə) | |
| —n | |
| the catch in the lock of a small firearm that holds the hammer or firing pin cocked | |
| [C16: probably from Old French serre a clasp, from serrer to hold firmly, from Late Latin sērāre to bolt, from Latin sera a bar] | |
| sere or sear1 (sɪə) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | archaic dried up or withered |
| —vb, —n | |
| 2. | a rare spelling of sear |
| [Old English sēar; see | |
| sear or sear1 | |
| —adj | |
| —vb, —n | |
| [Old English sēar; see | |
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Word Origin & History
sear
O.E. searian "dry up, to whither," from P.Gmc. *saurajan, from root of sear "dried up, withered" (see sere). Meaning "to brand, to burn by hot iron" is recorded from 1530; fig. use is from 1582.
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