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Definitions for Seared

[1] to burn or char the surface of: She seared the steak to seal in the juices.
[2] to mark with a branding iron.
[3] to burn or scorch injuriously or painfully: He seared his hand on a hot steam pipe.
[4] to make callous or unfeeling; harden: The hardship of her youth has seared her emotionally.
[5] to dry up or wither; parch.
[6] to become dry or withered, as vegetation.
[7] a mark or scar made by searing.
[8] sere1.
[9] to scorch or burn the surface of
[10] to brand with a hot iron
[11] to cause to wither or dry up
[12] rare to make callous or unfeeling
[13] a mark caused by searing
[14] poetic dried up
[15] the catch in the lock of a small firearm that holds the hammer or firing pin cocked

Words related to Seared

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Origin of Seared

1before 900; (adj.) Middle English sere, Old English sēar; cognate with Dutch zoor; (v.) Middle English seren, Old English sēarian, derivative of sēar

Other words from Seared

un·seared , adjective

Word origin for Seared

C16: probably from Old French serre a clasp, from serrer to hold firmly, from Late Latin sērāre to bolt, from Latin sera a bar

Synonyms for Seared

blight, scorch, sizzle, toast, brand, brown, cauterize, cook, dehydrate, desiccate, exsiccate, harden, parch, seal, shrivel, tan, wilt, wither, burn up, dry out, dry up