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Verb: sear sir [N. Amer], si-u(r) [Brit]- Make very hot and dry
"The heat seared the countryside" - scorch - Become superficially burned
"my eyebrows seared when I bent over the flames" - scorch, singe - Burn slightly and superficially so as to affect colour
"The fire seared the ceiling above the mantelpiece" - char, blacken, scorch - Cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat
"The sun seared the earth" - parch Adjective: sear sir [N. Amer], si-u(r) [Brit]- (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture
"sear grass" - dried-up, sere, shriveled [US], shrivelled [Brit, Cdn], withered
Sounds like: sere, seer, cere Derived forms: seared, searing, sears See also: dry Type of: burn, combust, dry, dry out, heat, heat up Encyclopedia: Sear |