sear as a verb: - 1
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as an adjective: - 1
sear
verb
1 sear
Make very hot and dry.
synonym: scorch.
Roget 823:
be insensible
etc.
adj.;
have a rhinoceros hide;
show insensibility
etc.
n.;
not mind,
not care,
not be affected by;
have no desire for
etc.
866;
have no interest in,
feel no interest in,
take no interest in;
nil admirari [Lat.];
not care a straw for
etc.
(unimportance)
643;
disregard
etc.
(neglect)
460;
set at naught
etc.
(make light of)
483;
turn a deaf ear to
etc.
(inattention)
458;
vegetate.
render insensible,
render callous;
blunt,
obtund†,
numb,
benumb,
paralyze,
deaden,
hebetate†,
stun,
stupefy;
brutify†;
brutalize;
chloroform,
anaesthetize†,
put under;
assify†.
inure;
harden the heart;
steel,
caseharden,
sear.
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2 sear
Become superficially burned.
synonyms: scorch, singe.
Roget 384:
heat,
warm,
chafe,
stive†,
foment;
make hot
etc.
382;
sun oneself,
sunbathe.
go up in flames,
burn to the ground
(flame)
382.
fire;
set fire to,
set on fire;
kindle,
enkindle,
light,
ignite,
strike a light;
apply the match to,
apply the torch to;
rekindle,
relume†;
fan the flame,
add fuel to the flame;
poke the fire,
stir the fire,
blow the fire;
make a bonfire of.
melt,
thaw,
fuse;
liquefy
etc.
335.
burn,
inflame,
roast,
toast,
fry,
grill,
singe,
parch,
bake,
torrefy†,
scorch;
brand,
cauterize,
sear,
burn in;
corrode,
char,
calcine,
incinerate;
smelt,
scorify†;
reduce to ashes;
burn to a cinder;
commit to the flames,
consign to the flames.
boil,
digest,
stew,
cook,
seethe,
scald,
parboil,
simmer;
do to rags.
take fire,
catch fire;
blaze
etc.
(flame)
382.
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3 sear
Burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color.
synonyms: blacken, char, scorch.
4 sear
Cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat.
synonym: parch.
Dutch: versmachten, blakeren, roosteren, schroeien, verschroeien, verzengen, zengen
adjective
1 sear
used especially of vegetation Having lost all moisture.
synonyms: dried-up, sere, shriveled, shrivelled, withered.
Roget 340:
dry,
anhydrous,
arid;
adust†,
arescent†;
dried
etc.
v.;
undamped;
juiceless†,
sapless;
sear;
husky;
rainless,
without rain,
fine;
dry as a bone,
dry as dust,
dry as a stick,
dry as a mummy,
dry as a biscuit.
water proof,
water tight.
dehydrated,
dessicated.
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