Meaning & Definition of Sear in English

1. Make very hot and dry

• "The heat scorched the countryside"

2. Become superficially burned

• "My eyebrows singed when i bent over the flames"

3. Burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color

• "The cook blackened the chicken breast"

• "The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece"

• "The flames scorched the ceiling"

4. Cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat

• "The sun parched the earth"

1. (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture

• "Dried-up grass"

• "The desert was edged with sere vegetation"

• "Shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings"

• "Withered vines"