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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024sear•ing /ˈsɪrɪŋ/USA pronunciation adj. - causing a sharp feeling of burning or as if burning:the searing pain of the bullet entering his arm.
fiery in emotion, intense feeling, or criticism;
scorching:a searing speech. WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024sear1 /sɪr/USA pronunciation v., [~ + object]- to scorch or char the surface of:to sear the beef.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sear1 (sēr),USA pronunciation v.t. - to burn or char the surface of:She seared the steak to seal in the juices.
- to mark with a branding iron.
- Pathologyto burn or scorch injuriously or painfully:He seared his hand on a hot steam pipe.
- to make callous or unfeeling;
harden:The hardship of her youth has seared her emotionally. - to dry up or wither;
parch.
v.i. - to become dry or withered, as vegetation.
n. - Pathologya mark or scar made by searing.
adj. - sere1.
- bef. 900; (adjective, adjectival) Middle English sere, Old English sēar; cognate with Dutch zoor; (verb, verbal) Middle English seren, Old English sēarian, derivative of sēar
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See burn 1.
sear2 (sēr),USA pronunciation n. - a pivoted piece that holds the hammer at full cock or half cock in the firing mechanism of small arms.
- Vulgar Latin *serrāre, for Late Latin serāre to bar (a door), derivative of Latin sera door-bar; Vulgar Latin -rr- unexplained
- Middle French serre a grip, derivative of serrer to lock up, close
- 1550–60
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: sear /sɪə/ vb (transitive)- to scorch or burn the surface of
- to brand with a hot iron
- to cause to wither or dry up
- rare to make callous or unfeeling
adj - poetic dried up
Etymology: Old English sēarian to become withered, from sēar withered; related to Old High German sōrēn, Greek hauos dry, Sanskrit sōsa drought |