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Sear Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Sear? [adj] (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture; "dried-up grass"; "the desert was edged with sere vegetation"; "shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings"; "withered vines" [v] cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat; "The sun parched the earth" [v] make very hot and dry; "The heat scorched the countryside" [v] become superficially burned; "my eyebrows singed when I bent over the flames" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Sear: dried-up \| dry \| parch \| scorch \| sere \| shriveled \| shrivelled \| singe \| withered Related Terms \| Find terms related to Sear: See Also \| burn \| combust \| dry \| dry out \| heat \| heat up \| sizzle Sear In Webster's Dictionary \Sear\, Sere \Sere\ (s[=e]r), a. [OE. seer, AS. se['a]r (assumed) fr. se['a]rian to wither; akin to D. zoor dry, LG. soor, OHG. sor[=e]n to to wither, Gr. a"y`ein to parch, to dry, Skr. [,c]ush (for sush) to dry, to wither, Zend hush to dry. [root]152. Cf. {Austere}, {Sorrel}, a.] Dry; withered; no longer green; -- applied to leaves. --Milton. I have lived long enough; my way of life Is fall'n into the sear, the yellow leaf. --Shak. \Sear\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Seared}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Searing}.] [OE. seeren, AS. se['a]rian. See {Sear}, a.] 1. To wither; to dry up. --Shak. 2. To burn (the surface of) to dryness and hardness; to cauterize; to expose to a degree of heat such as changes the color or the hardness and texture of the surface; to scorch; to make callous; as, to sear the skin or flesh. Also used figuratively. I'm seared with burning steel. --Rowe. It was in vain that the amiable divine tried to give salutary pain to that seared conscience. --Macaulay. The discipline of war, being a discipline in destruction of life, is a discipline in callousness. Whatever sympathies exist are seared. --H. Spencer. Note: Sear is allied to scorch in signification; but it is applied primarily to animal flesh, and has special reference to the effect of heat in marking the surface hard. Scorch is applied to flesh, cloth, or any other substance, and has no reference to the effect of hardness. {To sear}, to close by searing. ``Cherish veins of good humor, and sear up those of ill.'' --Sir W. Temple. \Sear\, n. [F. serre a grasp, pressing, fr. L. sera. See {Serry}.] The catch in a gunlock by which the hammer is held cocked or half cocked. {Sear spring}, the spring which causes the sear to catch in the notches by which the hammer is held.

Sear Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Sear?

[adj] (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture; "dried-up grass"; "the desert was edged with sere vegetation"; "shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings"; "withered vines"
[v] cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat; "The sun parched the earth"
[v] make very hot and dry; "The heat scorched the countryside"
[v] become superficially burned; "my eyebrows singed when I bent over the flames"

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Sear In Webster's Dictionary

\Sear\, Sere \Sere\ (s[=e]r), a.
[OE. seer, AS. se['a]r (assumed) fr. se['a]rian to wither;
akin to D. zoor dry, LG. soor, OHG. sor[=e]n to to wither,
Gr. a"y`ein to parch, to dry, Skr. [,c]ush (for sush) to dry,
to wither, Zend hush to dry. [root]152. Cf. {Austere},
{Sorrel}, a.] Dry; withered; no longer green; -- applied to
leaves. --Milton.

      I have lived long enough; my way of life Is fall'n into
      the sear, the yellow leaf.               --Shak.


\Sear\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Seared}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Searing}.] [OE. seeren, AS. se['a]rian. See {Sear}, a.]
1. To wither; to dry up. --Shak.

2. To burn (the surface of) to dryness and hardness; to
   cauterize; to expose to a degree of heat such as changes
   the color or the hardness and texture of the surface; to
   scorch; to make callous; as, to sear the skin or flesh.
   Also used figuratively.

         I'm seared with burning steel.        --Rowe.

         It was in vain that the amiable divine tried to give
         salutary pain to that seared conscience. --Macaulay.

         The discipline of war, being a discipline in
         destruction of life, is a discipline in callousness.
         Whatever sympathies exist are seared. --H. Spencer.

Note: Sear is allied to scorch in signification; but it is
      applied primarily to animal flesh, and has special
      reference to the effect of heat in marking the surface
      hard. Scorch is applied to flesh, cloth, or any other
      substance, and has no reference to the effect of
      hardness.

{To sear}, to close by searing. ``Cherish veins of good
   humor, and sear up those of ill.'' --Sir W. Temple.


\Sear\, n. [F. serre a grasp, pressing, fr. L. sera. See
{Serry}.]
The catch in a gunlock by which the hammer is held cocked or
half cocked.

{Sear spring}, the spring which causes the sear to catch in
   the notches by which the hammer is held.

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