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- Dictionarysear/sir/
verb
- 1. burn or scorch the surface of (something) with a sudden, intense heat: "the water got so hot that it seared our lips" Similar
adjective
- 1. variant spelling of sere
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1. : to make withered and dry : parch. 2. a. : to burn, scorch, mark, or injure with or as if with sudden application of intense heat. b. : to cook the surface of quickly with intense heat. sear a steak. 3 of 4.
SEAR definition: 1. to burn the surface of something with sudden very strong heat: 2. to fry a piece of meat…. Learn more.
Sear definition: to burn or char the surface of. See examples of SEAR used in a sentence.
To sear something is to quickly cook or burn its surface by applying intense heat. When making beef stew, the color and flavor are usually better if you sear the meat first. Sear comes from the Old English word searian which meant “dry up” or “wither.”
To sear something means to burn its surface with a sudden intense heat. Grass fires have seared the land near the farming village of Basekhai. [VERB noun] Synonyms: wither, burn, blight, brand More Synonyms of sear. 2. verb. If something sears a part of your body, it causes a painful burning feeling there. [literary]
SEAR meaning: 1. to burn the surface of something with sudden very strong heat: 2. to fry a piece of meat…. Learn more.
1. To become dried up or withered. 2. To be felt or remembered because of emotional intensity: The incident seared into the nation's memory. n. A condition, such as a scar, produced by searing. [Middle English seren, from Old English sēarian, to wither, from sēar, withered .] sear 2. (sîr) n.
Definition of sear verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
sear meaning, definition, what is sear: to burn something with a sudden powerful...: Learn more.
From Middle English seeren, seren, from Old English sÄ“arian (“to become sere, to grow sear, wither, pine away" ), from Proto-Germanic *sauzōnÄ…, *sauzijanÄ… (“to become dry" ). Related to Old High German sōrÄ“n (“to wither, wilt" ), Greek hauos ("dry"), Sanskrit sōsa ("drought").
