sear
Plural: sears
Verb
Verb Forms: seared, searing, sears
- To burn or char the surface of something quickly with intense heat.
- make very hot and dry
- become superficially burned
- burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color
- cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat
- To char, scorch, or burn the surface of (something) with a hot instrument.
- To wither; to dry up.
- To make callous or insensible.
- To mark permanently, as if by burning.
Adjective Satellite
- (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture
Adj
- Dry; withered, especially of vegetation.
Noun
- A scar produced by searing
- Part of a gun that retards the hammer until the trigger is pulled.
- Part of a gun that retards the hammer until the trigger is pulled.
Adjective
- Dry and withered, often from excessive heat.
Examples
- He likes to sear his steaks while maintaining rareness at the center.
- She tried to sear her opponent’s confidence with a seven-letter word on a triple word score.
- The events of that day were seared into her memory.
- The player’s once-lush Scrabble rack felt sear after failing to find a single valid word.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English sere, seer, seere, from Old English sēar, sīere (“dry, sere, sear, withered, barren”), from Proto-West Germanic *sauʀ(ī), from Proto-Germanic *sauzaz (“dry”), from Proto-Indo-European *sh₂ews- (“dry, parched”) (also reconstructed as *h₂sews-).
Cognate with Dutch zoor (“dry, rough”), Low German soor (“dry”), German sohr (“parched, dried up”), dialectal Norwegian søyr (“the desiccation and death of a tree”), Lithuanian saũsas (“dry”), Ukrainian сухий (suxyj, “dry”), Polish suchy (“dry”), Homeric Ancient Greek αὖος (aûos, “dry”). Doublet of sere and sare.
Scrabble Score: 4
sear: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordsear: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
sear: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary