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SEAR
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture
Example:
withered vines
Synonyms:
dried-up; sear; sere; shriveled; shrivelled; withered
Classified under:
Similar:
dry (free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet)
Domain category:
botany; flora; vegetation (all the plant life in a particular region or period)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they sear ... he / she / it sears
Past simple: seared
Past participle: seared
-ing form: searing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat
Example:
The sun parched the earth
Synonyms:
parch; sear
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "sear" is one way to...):
dry; dry out (remove the moisture from and make dry)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Make very hot and dry
Example:
The heat scorched the countryside
Synonyms:
scorch; sear
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "sear" is one way to...):
heat; heat up (make hot or hotter)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "sear"):
sizzle (burn or sear with a sizzling sound)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sense 3
Meaning:
Burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color
Example:
the flames scorched the ceiling
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "sear" is one way to...):
burn (damage by burning with heat, fire, or radiation)
Domain category:
cookery; cooking; preparation (the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "sear"):
singe; swinge (burn superficially or lightly)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sense 4
Meaning:
Become superficially burned
Example:
my eyebrows singed when I bent over the flames
Synonyms:
scorch; sear; singe
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "sear" is one way to...):
burn; combust (undergo combustion)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
