Definition of sear Sear

/sɪˈɹ/ - [sir] - sear

We found 15 definitions of sear from 5 different sources.

What does sear mean?

Verb sears, searing, seared
sear - make very hot and dry; "The heat scorched the countryside"
		scorch
		heat up, heat make more intense; "Emotions were screwed up"
		sizzle burn or sear with a sizzling sound; "The fat sizzled in the pan"
sear - burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color; "The cook blackened the chicken breast"; "The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece"; "the flames scorched the ceiling"
		char, blacken, scorch
		burn burn with heat, fire, or radiation; "The iron burnt a hole in my dress"
		cookery, cooking, preparation the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife"
		swinge, singe burn superficially or lightly; "I singed my eyebrows"
sear - become superficially burned; "my eyebrows singed when I bent over the flames"
		scorch, singe
		combust, burn cause to become violent or angry; "Riots combusted Pakistan after the U.S. air attacks on Afghanistan"
sear - cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat; "The sun parched the earth"
		parch
		dry, dry out remove the moisture from and make dry; "dry clothes"; "dry hair"

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sear (Noun)
A scar produced by searing.
sear (Noun)
Part of a gun that retards the hammer until the trigger is pulled.
sear (Verb)
To char, scorch, or burn the surface of something with a hot instrument.
sear (Adjective)
Dry; withered, especially of vegetation.

sear (a.)
Alt. of Sere
sear (a.)
To wither; to dry up.
sear (a.)
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.
sear (n.)
The catch in a gunlock by which the hammer is held cocked or half cocked.

sear
sēr, n. the catch in a gun-lock by which it is held at cock or half-cock: a part of a gun-lock.—n. Sear′-spring, a spring in a gun-lock. [O. Fr. serre—L. sera, a bar.]
sear
sēr, v.t. to dry up: to burn to dryness on the surface: to scorch: to cauterise: to render callous or insensible.—adj. dry, withered.—adj. Seared, dried up: burned: hardened.—ns. Seared′ness, hardness, insensibility; Sear′ness, dryness; Sear′wood, wood dry enough to burn. [A.S. seár, dry, seárian, to dry up; Low Ger. soor, Dut. zoor.]

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