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

1. adjective. Alt. of Sere
2. adjective. To wither; to dry up.
3. adjective. 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.
4. noun. The catch in a gunlock by which the hammer is held cocked or half cocked.
5. verb. cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat

   "The sun parched the earth"

   Synonyms: parch

6. verb. make very hot and dry

   "The heat scorched the countryside"

   Synonyms: scorch

7. verb. burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color

   "The cook blackened the chicken breast"

   "The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece"

   Synonyms: blacken, char, scorch

8. verb. become superficially burned

   "my eyebrows singed when I bent over the flames"

   Synonyms: scorch, singe

9. adjective. (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture

   "dried-up grass"

   "the desert was edged with sere vegetation"

   Synonyms: sere, shriveled, shrivelled, withered

Synonyms

parch, scorch, blacken, char, singe, sere, shriveled, shrivelled, withered

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in sear:

ares, arse, ears, eras, rase, sare, sera

Common word forms

sears, seared, searer, searest, searing, searness

Words from these letters

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