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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Sear \Sear\, Sere \Sere\ (s[=e]r), a. [OE. seer, AS. se['a]r
     (assumed) fr. se['a]rian to wither; akin to D. zoor dry, LG.
     soor, OHG. sor[=e]n to wither, Gr. a"y`ein to parch, to dry,
     Skr. [,c]ush (for sush) to dry, to wither, Zend hush to dry.
     [root]152. Cf. Austere, Sorrel, a.]
     Dry; withered; no longer green; -- applied to leaves.
     --Milton.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           I have lived long enough; my way of life
           Is fall'n into the sear, the yellow leaf. --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Sear \Sear\, n. [F. serre a grasp, pressing, fr. L. sera. See
     Serry.]
     The catch in a gunlock by which the hammer is held cocked or
     half cocked.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Sear spring, the spring which causes the sear to catch in
        the notches by which the hammer is held.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Sear \Sear\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Seared; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Searing.] [OE. seeren, AS. se['a]rian. See Sear, a.]
     1. To wither; to dry up. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To burn (the surface of) to dryness and hardness; to
        cauterize; to expose to a degree of heat such as changes
        the color or the hardness and texture of the surface; to
        scorch; to make callous; as, to sear the skin or flesh.
        Also used figuratively.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              I'm seared with burning steel.        --Rowe.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              It was in vain that the amiable divine tried to give
              salutary pain to that seared conscience. --Macaulay.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The discipline of war, being a discipline in
              destruction of life, is a discipline in callousness.
              Whatever sympathies exist are seared. --H. Spencer.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: Sear is allied to scorch in signification; but it is
           applied primarily to animal flesh, and has special
           reference to the effect of heat in marking the surface
           hard. Scorch is applied to flesh, cloth, or any other
           substance, and has no reference to the effect of
           hardness.
           [1913 Webster]
  
     To sear up, to close by searing. ``Cherish veins of good
        humor, and sear up those of ill.'' --Sir W. Temple.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Sear \Sear\, Sere \Sere\ (s[=e]r), a.
     [OE. seer, AS. se['a]r (assumed) fr. se['a]rian to wither;
     akin to D. zoor dry, LG. soor, OHG. sor[=e]n to to wither,
     Gr. a"y`ein to parch, to dry, Skr. [,c]ush (for sush) to dry,
     to wither, Zend hush to dry. [root]152. Cf. Austere,
     Sorrel, a.] Dry; withered; no longer green; -- applied to
     leaves. --Milton.
  
           I have lived long enough; my way of life Is fall'n into
           the sear, the yellow leaf.               --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Sear \Sear\, n. [F. serre a grasp, pressing, fr. L. sera. See
     Serry.]
     The catch in a gunlock by which the hammer is held cocked or
     half cocked.
  
     Sear spring, the spring which causes the sear to catch in
        the notches by which the hammer is held.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Sear \Sear\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Seared; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Searing.] [OE. seeren, AS. se['a]rian. See Sear, a.]
     1. To wither; to dry up. --Shak.
  
     2. To burn (the surface of) to dryness and hardness; to
        cauterize; to expose to a degree of heat such as changes
        the color or the hardness and texture of the surface; to
        scorch; to make callous; as, to sear the skin or flesh.
        Also used figuratively.
  
              I'm seared with burning steel.        --Rowe.
  
              It was in vain that the amiable divine tried to give
              salutary pain to that seared conscience. --Macaulay.
  
              The discipline of war, being a discipline in
              destruction of life, is a discipline in callousness.
              Whatever sympathies exist are seared. --H. Spencer.
  
     Note: Sear is allied to scorch in signification; but it is
           applied primarily to animal flesh, and has special
           reference to the effect of heat in marking the surface
           hard. Scorch is applied to flesh, cloth, or any other
           substance, and has no reference to the effect of
           hardness.
  
     To sear, to close by searing. ``Cherish veins of good
        humor, and sear up those of ill.'' --Sir W. Temple.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  sear
       adj : (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" [syn: dried-up, sere,
             shriveled, shrivelled, withered]
       v 1: make very hot and dry; "The heat scorched the countryside"
            [syn: scorch]
       2: become superficially burned; "my eyebrows singed when I bent
          over the flames" [syn: scorch, singe]
       3: cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat; "The sun
          parched the earth" [syn: parch]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  sear
     Scottish Gaelic a.
     eastern, east
     West Frisian a.
     painful

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Sear
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  sear
     a.
     dry; withered, especially of vegetation.
     n.
     1 A scar produced by searing
     2 Part of a gun that retards the hammer until the trigger is pulled.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To char, scorch, or burn the surface of
  (something) with a hot instrument.
     2 To wither; to dry up.
     3 (lb en transitive figurative) To make callous or insensible.
     4 (lb en transitive figurative) To mark permanently, as if by
  burning.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  Sear
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  sear
     Scottish Gaelic a.
     eastern, east
     West Frisian a.
     painful

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  Sear
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  sear
     Scottish Gaelic a.
     eastern, east
     West Frisian a.
     painful

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  Sear
     n.
     (surname: en).

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  sear
     Englanti vb.
     1 kärventää, korventaa
     2 ruskistaa lihan, kasviksen tms. pinta

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  sear
     Engelska a.
     uttorkad, tynande (eller som har tynat), svunnen
     Engelska n.
     brännmärke, brännsår
     Engelska vb.
     1 sveda, bränna
     2 torka, tyna (bort)
     3 brännmärka

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Sear /sˈiə/
  إحرق

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  sear //sɪə(ɹ)// //sɪɚ// 
  обгарям
  To char, scorch, or burn the surface of something with a hot instrument