1. sear - Noun
2. sear - Adjective
3. sear - Verb
4. sear - Adjective Satellite
5. Sear - Proper noun
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 dictionaryNovembers 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