Sear

[sɪə] or [sɪr]

Definition

(verb.) make very hot and dry; 'The heat scorched the countryside'.

Checker: Olivier--From WordNet

Definition

(a.) Alt. of Sere

(a.) To wither; to dry up.

(a.) 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.

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

Inputed by Jarvis

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. Cauterize, burn with a hot iron, burn with cautery.

a. Dry, withered.

Editor: Rochelle

Definition

n. the catch in a gun-lock by which it is held at cock or half-cock: a part of a gun-lock.—n. Sear′-spring a spring in a gun-lock.

v.t. to dry up: to burn to dryness on the surface: to scorch: to cauterise: to render callous or insensible.—adj. dry withered.—adj. Seared dried up: burned: hardened.—ns. Seared′ness hardness insensibility; Sear′ness dryness; Sear′wood wood dry enough to burn.

Typist: Robinson

Examples

Typist: Portia

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