WordWeb Online

1. Having the surface burned quickly with intense heat
   "the seared meat is then covered with hot liquid for braising"

1. Make very hot and dry
   "The heat seared the countryside"
   - scorch
    
2. Become superficially burned
   "my eyebrows seared when I bent over the flames"
   - scorch, singe
    
3. Burn slightly and superficially so as to affect colour
   "The fire seared the ceiling above the mantelpiece"
   - char, blacken, scorch
    
4. Cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat
   "The sun seared the earth"
   - parch

See also: cooked

Type of: burn, combust, dry, dry out, heat, heat up

Encyclopedia: Sear