Sear

What do we mean by sear?

To char, scorch, or burn the surface of. intransitive verb

To brown (meat) quickly using very high heat. synonym: burn. intransitive verb

To cause to dry up and wither. intransitive verb

To cause emotional pain or trauma to. intransitive verb

To cause to be felt or remembered because of emotional intensity. intransitive verb

To become dried up or withered. intransitive verb

To be felt or remembered because of emotional intensity. intransitive verb

A condition, such as a scar, produced by searing. noun

The catch in a gunlock that keeps the hammer halfcocked or fully cocked. noun

To become dry; wither.

To make dry; dry up; wither.

To wither or dry up on the surface by the application of heat or of something heated; scorch; burn the surface of; burn from the surface in ward; cauterize: as, to sear the flesh with a hot iron.

To deaden or make callous; deprive of sensibility or feeling.

To blight or blast; shrivel up.

Synonyms and Singe, etc. See scorch.

Dry; withered: used especially of vegetation.

The pivoted piece in a gun-lock which enters the notches of the tumbler and holds the hammer at full or half cock. See cuts under gun-lock and rifle. noun

Dry; withered, especially of vegetation.

Words that are spelled similarly to sear:
sear.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word sear:
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Words that rhyme with sear:
clear, tear, gear, peer, sheer, year, shear, fear, career, adhere, mere, premier, austere, engineer, severe, deer, steer, cavalier, beer, pioneer, appear, queer, smear, volunteer, persevere, atmosphere, near, cheer, sphere, dear, sincere, pier, premiere, rear, interfere, revere, sneer, veneer, frontier, veer, sere, cohere, jeer, hemisphere, souvenir, disappear, spear, cashier, lear, emir, chandelier, belvedere, vere, commandeer, reindeer, biosphere, zaire, mir, chevalier, financier, stratosphere, mear, unclear, amir, stere, kir, stear, bombardier, insincere, neer, yesteryear, racketeer, shere, bandolier, bere, deere, headgear, domineer, mountaineer, brigadier, teer, fleer, profiteer, meir, kier, midyear, crystal clear, fier, speer, marketeer, leap year, auctioneer, gere, reappear, rainier, brere, frere, spere, wier, greer.

Adjectives that are often used to describe sear:
last, dry, hot, rear, good, sudden, deep, first, untimely, long, automatic, golden, red, quick, primary, bloody, second, only, front, secondary, white, nice, right, semiautomatic, horizontal, green, left.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective sear:
spring, cloth, pin, meat, interviews, steak, admiral, steaks, side, cloths, contact, minutes, gic, chops, fish, tissue, chicken, roles, chj, screw, pork, stem, tuna, engagement, beef, scallops, bread, lever, stood, skin, leaf, brown, sir, breasts.

Consonant match to sear:
sore, sour, soar, sere, seer, saar, sor, sar, saur, soir, sare, sehr, sayre, serr, cyr, sarre, scire, sahr, suhr, suire, suhre.

Words that sound like sear:
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