Dictionary Entry
sear
sear is a 4-letter English word with 9 senses as adjective, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Alt. of Sere. Face value is 4 in Scrabble and 4 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 4 · Words With Friends 4 · 9 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Alt. of Sere
- 2adjective
To wither; to dry up.
- 3adjective
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.
- 4noun
The catch in a gunlock by which the hammer is held cocked or half cocked.
- 5verb
cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat
"The sun parched the earth"
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- 6verb
make very hot and dry
"The heat scorched the countryside"
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- 7verb
burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color
"The cook blackened the chicken breast"
"The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece"
- 8verb
become superficially burned
"my eyebrows singed when I bent over the flames"
- 9adjective
(used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture
"dried-up grass"
"the desert was edged with sere vegetation"
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