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sear


I - verb
1. make very hot and dry (Freq. 2)
- The heat scorched the countryside
Syn:
scorch
Derivationally related forms:
scorch (for: scorch)
Hypernyms:
heat, heat up
Hyponyms:
sizzle
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
2. cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat
- The sun parched the earth
Syn:
parch
Hypernyms:
dry, dry out
Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
3. become superficially burned
- my eyebrows singed when I bent over the flames
Syn:
scorch, singe
Derivationally related forms:
scorch (for: scorch)
Hypernyms:
burn, combust
Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
4. 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
Syn:
char, blacken, scorch
Derivationally related forms:
scorch (for: scorch)
Topics:
cooking, cookery, preparation
Hypernyms:
burn
Hyponyms:
singe, swinge
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something

II - adjective
(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
Syn:
dried-up, sere, shriveled, shrivelled, withered
Similar to:
dry
Derivationally related forms:
sereness (for: sere)
Topics:
vegetation, flora, botany

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