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verb (used with object)

to burn or char the surface of: She seared the steak to seal in the juices.

to mark with a branding iron.

to burn or scorch injuriously or painfully: He seared his hand on a hot steam pipe.

to make callous or unfeeling; harden: The hardship of her youth has seared her emotionally.

to dry up or wither; parch.

verb (used without object)

to become dry or withered, as vegetation.

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noun

a mark or scar made by searing.

adjective

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

Related forms

un·seared, adjective

Synonyms
1. See burn¹.

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Example Sentences

Dancing off the rocks, the searing heat plays other tricks.

All you have to do is focus on keeping your feet moving, and trying to ignore the searing pain.

If searing meat was such a health hazard, humans would have gone extinct millenia ago.

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Dancing off the rocks, the searing heat plays other tricks.

All you have to do is focus on keeping your feet moving, and trying to ignore the searing pain.

If searing meat was such a health hazard, humans would have gone extinct millenia ago.

Surges are energetic and diluted mixtures of searing gas and rock fragments.

But laboratory tests recreating this searing bombardment failed to produce high enough levels of methane.

After spending two weeks enduring the searing summer temperatures in the.

The searing orange color and strong aromatic scent make is especially exotic.

It could be sculpting ice, sparking campfires, or searing one bad mofo on your leather jacket.

Purists contend that they are inadequate for many basic tasks, such as searing steaks over high heat and making omelets.

Or, if you want to go to the market in shorts or a searing hot, full body tarp.

Australia's woma pythons hunt underground in tunnels away from the searing heat of the surface.

His landscapes were really exceptional due to his use of searing colors and unusual vantage points.

On slopes, some ice plants are favored for their searing spring blooms.

Searing heat, towering dunes, gargantuan rocks and weather that would frighten a crab-boat captain are the norm.

She has a wood-burning oven for searing fresh sardines, roasting whole fish and baking fruit for dessert.

They're a searing reminder as well of the profound and often lasting effects of war on every individual caught in its grasp.

For starters, they dispel the myth that searing meat locks in juices and gives you that desirable crust:.

Now every team is conscious of what can happen when large men are pushed too hard in searing heat.

Searing meat, a rule of braising, is not the only way to achieve satisfying flavor.

Death by volcano takes many forms: searing lava, suffocating mud, or the tsunamis that often follow an eruption.

The whole country was lighted by a searing light with the intensity many times that of the midday sun.

One of the best indoor methods for searing a steak, and it works for pretty much any size.

She has braved bullets and hostility to photograph stories of searing conflict and bring them to the world.

Mann brought incisive characterization and a searing sense of justice to.

It's highly unlikely that such a world would retain an atmosphere, since the searing hot gases would rapidly escape into space.

Early in the starlit evening, the smoke from the sacred fire began searing her eyes.

Their nocturnal habits help them deal with the searing heat of the desert environment, and some physical adaptations help as well.

He said he did not need a world record or a searing feud with another country.

The searing pain caused when the worms exit the body often leaves victims unable to work during key farming periods.

With mala searing your brain, you forget that the weather is hot.

There are insects that have adapted to live in the frozen tundra, and searing desert.

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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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