sear
Dry; withered, especially of vegetationDry; withered, especially of vegetation.
» Adriano seared the steak to perfection.
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1 sensesDry; withered, especially of vegetation.
- (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture
Examples
13 sentencesAdriano seared the steak to perfection.
That incident was forever seared into my mind.
She seared the beef in a hot pan.
Sherie is cooking some seared squid and golden potatoes.
The critic wrote a searing review of the book.
deDer Kritiker verriss das Buch. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Origin
From Middle English sere, seer, seere, from Old English sēar, sīere (“dry, sere, sear, witFrom Middle English sere, seer, seere, from Old English sēar, sīere (“dry, sere, sear, withered, barren”), from Proto-West Germanic *sauʀ(ī), from Proto-Germanic *sauzaz (“dry”), from Proto-Indo-European *sh₂ews- (“dry, parched”) (also reconstructed as *h₂sews-).
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Forms
searer/more sear, searest/most searSynonyms
5 synonyms- (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture:dried-upsereshriveledshrivelledwithered
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.