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Definitions for Sears

[1] Richard Warren, 1863–1914, U.S. mail-order retailer.
[2] to burn or char the surface of: She seared the steak to seal in the juices.
[3] to mark with a branding iron.
[4] to burn or scorch injuriously or painfully: He seared his hand on a hot steam pipe.
[5] to make callous or unfeeling; harden: The hardship of her youth has seared her emotionally.
[6] to dry up or wither; parch.
[7] to become dry or withered, as vegetation.
[8] a mark or scar made by searing.
[9] sere1.
[10] a pivoted piece that holds the hammer at full cock or half cock in the firing mechanism of small arms.
[11] to scorch or burn the surface of
[12] to brand with a hot iron
[13] to cause to wither or dry up
[14] rare to make callous or unfeeling
[15] a mark caused by searing
[16] poetic dried up
[17] the catch in the lock of a small firearm that holds the hammer or firing pin cocked

Words related to Sears

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

Origin of Sears

21550–60; < Middle French serre a grip, derivative of serrer to lock up, close < Vulgar Latin *serrāre, for Late Latin serāre to bar (a door), derivative of Latin sera door-bar; Vulgar Latin -rr- unexplained

Other words from Sears

un·seared , adjective

Word origin for Sears

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 Sears

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