sear

Speech parts

1. sear - Noun

2. sear - Adjective

3. sear - Verb

4. sear - Adjective Satellite

5. Sear - Proper noun

Meaning

Alt. of Sere

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.

The catch in a gunlock by which the hammer is held cocked or half cocked.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

char sere withered blacken scorch shrivelled shriveled singe parch cook harrow brown browning fry frizzle
Show all synonyms

Antonyms

sop bloom water grow WET flood
Show all antonyms

Hypernyms

heat DRY burn combust dry out heat up

Hyponyms

sizzle singe swinge

Phrases with the word

back row sear

Derivatives

seared searing

Anagrams

arse eras rase Sera Ares Ersa sare ears RESA reas

Examples

Novembers sky is chill and drear, Novembers leaf is red and sear. Walter Scott

Play not with paradoxes. That caustic which you handle in order to scorch others may happen to sear your own fingers and make them dead to the quality of things. George Eliot

Racism oppresses its victims, but also binds the oppressors, who sear their consciences with more and more lies until they become prisoners of those lies. They cannot face the truth of human equality because it reveals the horror of the injustices they commit. Alveda King

Drummer, beat, and piper, blowHarper, strike, and soldier, goFree the flame and sear the grassesTil the dawning Red Star passes. Anne McCaffrey

A fire will sear and the sun burn yet more, but neither can match the ardor of a man's heart. Indonesian Proverb

A fire will sear and the sun burn yet more, but neither. Indonesian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

SEAQ seaquake seaquarium searat searce searcer