sere

sere is a 4-letter English word with 4 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: [OE. seer, AS. sear (assumed) fr. searian to wither; akin to D. zoor dry, LG. soor, OHG. sor/n to to wither, Gr. a"y`ein to parch, to dry, Skr. /ush (for sush) to dry, to wither, Zend hush to dry. �152. Cf. Austere, Sorrel, a.] Dry; withered; no longer green; -- applied to leaves. 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 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. [OE. seer, AS. sear (assumed) fr. searian to wither; akin to D. zoor dry, LG. soor, OHG. sor/n to to wither, Gr. a"y`ein to parch, to dry, Skr. /ush (for sush) to dry, to wither, Zend hush to dry. �152. Cf. Austere, Sorrel, a.] Dry; withered; no longer green; -- applied to leaves.
2. adjective. Dry; withered. Same as Sear.
3. noun. Claw; talon.
4. adjective. (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture

   "dried-up grass"

   "the desert was edged with sere vegetation"

   Synonyms: sear, shriveled, shrivelled, withered

Synonyms

sear, shriveled, shrivelled, withered

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in sere:

erse, rees, seer

Common word forms

sered, serer, seres, serest, sering, serement, sereness

Words from these letters

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