Sear word meaning and definition

Beside meaning and definition for word "sear", on this page you can find other interesting information too, like synonyms or related words. On bottom of the page we have fun area, like tarot cards, numerology for these Four characters, how to write "sear" with bar codes or hand signs and more.. Table of Contents:

• Meaning and definition
• Synonyms for sear
• See also

• Letter statistic
• Hand signs, morse code
• Tarot cards, numerology
• Other fun

Do you like word(s) »sear«?

Meaning and definition for "sear" word

[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"
[verb] cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat; "The sun parched the earth"
[verb] make very hot and dry; "The heat scorched the countryside"
[verb] become superficially burned; "my eyebrows singed when I bent over the flames"

-------------
Click here if you Hate scroll, Show all | Too long, show scroll

\Sear\, Sere \Sere\ (s[=e]r), a. [OE. seer, AS. se['a]r (assumed) fr. se['a]rian to wither; akin to D. zoor dry, LG. soor, OHG. sor[=e]n to to wither, Gr. a"y`ein to parch, to dry, Skr. [,c]ush (for sush) to dry, to wither, Zend hush to dry. [root]152. Cf. {Austere}, {Sorrel}, a.] Dry; withered; no longer green; -- applied to leaves. --Milton. I have lived long enough; my way of life Is fall'n into the sear, the yellow leaf. --Shak.
\Sear\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Seared}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Searing}.] [OE. seeren, AS. se['a]rian. See {Sear}, a.] 1. To wither; to dry up. --Shak. 2. To burn (the surface of) to dryness and hardness; to cauterize; to expose to a degree of heat such as changes the color or the hardness and texture of the surface; to scorch; to make callous; as, to sear the skin or flesh. Also used figuratively. I'm seared with burning steel. --Rowe. It was in vain that the amiable divine tried to give salutary pain to that seared conscience. --Macaulay. The discipline of war, being a discipline in destruction of life, is a discipline in callousness. Whatever sympathies exist are seared. --H. Spencer. Note: Sear is allied to scorch in signification; but it is applied primarily to animal flesh, and has special reference to the effect of heat in marking the surface hard. Scorch is applied to flesh, cloth, or any other substance, and has no reference to the effect of hardness. {To sear}, to close by searing. ``Cherish veins of good humor, and sear up those of ill.'' --Sir W. Temple.
\Sear\, n. [F. serre a grasp, pressing, fr. L. sera. See {Serry}.] The catch in a gunlock by which the hammer is held cocked or half cocked. {Sear spring}, the spring which causes the sear to catch in the notches by which the hammer is held.

Synonyms for sear

dried-up, dry, parch, scorch, sere, shriveled, shrivelled, singe, withered

The fun area, different aproach to word »sear«

Let's analyse "sear" as pure text. This string has Four letters in One syllable and Two vowels. 50% of vowels is 11.4% more then average English word. Written in backwards: RAES. Average typing speed for these characters is 1135 milliseconds. [info]

Morse code: ... . .- .-.

Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: sear: 5 + 1 = 6, reduced: 6 . and the final result is Six.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: sear: 1 + 5 + 1 + 9 = 16, reduced: 7, and the final result is Seven.

Tarot cards

Letter	Num.	Tarot c.	Meaning
A (1)	1	Magician	Creative, Inventive, Intuitive
E (1)	5	Hierophant	Wise, Crafty, Daring, Inventive
R (1)	18	Moon	Patient, Determined, Strong
S (1)	19	Sun	Colorful, Bright, Perceptive

Search internet for "sear"

> Search images
> BING Search
> Google (Safe) Search
> Video search
> Translate: sear to Spanish
*Results in new window

Page generated in 0.0104 seconds.