sear
pronunciation
How to pronounce sear in British English:
UK [sɪə(r)]
How to pronounce sear in American English:
US [sɪr]
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- Verb:
- make very hot and dry
- become superficially burned
- cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat
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- Adjective:
- (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture
Word Origin
- sear (v.)
- Old English searian (intransitive) "dry up, to wither," from Proto-Germanic *saurajan (cognates: Middle Dutch soor "dry," Old High German soren "become dry"), from root of sear "dried up, withered" (see sere). Meaning "cause to wither" is from early 15c. Meaning "to brand, to burn by hot iron" is recorded from c. 1400, originally especially of cauterizing wounds; figurative use is from 1580s. Related: Seared; searing.
Example
- 1. Sear his eyes with iron !
- 2. Anyway , sear ch for y u ka and rat .
- 3. I sear every ord is true .
- 4. What size do you usually sear ?
- 5. Sear the meat first to retain its juices .