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Defenition of the word sear

    • Defenition of the word sear

      • (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture; "dried-up grass"; "the desert was edged with sere vegetation"; "shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings"; "withered vines"
      • cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat; "The sun parched the earth"
      • make very hot; "searing heat"
      • make very hot and dry; "The heat scorched the countryside"
      • become superficially burned; "my eyebrows singed when I bent over the flames"
      • cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat
      • make very hot and dry
      • burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color
      • become superficially burned
      • (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture

    Synonyms for the word sear

      • blister
      • burn
      • char
      • dried-up
      • flame
      • parch
      • scorch
      • sere
      • shriveled
      • shrivelled
      • singe
      • withered

    Similar words in the sear

      • dry
      • sear
      • search
      • searched
      • searcher
      • searcher's
      • searchers
      • searches
      • searching
      • searchingly
      • searchlight
      • searchlight's
      • searchlights
      • seared
      • searing
      • sears
      • sears's

    Hyponyms for the word sear

      • singe
      • sizzle
      • swinge

    Hypernyms for the word sear

      • burn
      • combust
      • dry
      • dry out
      • heat
      • heat up

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