SEAR
\sˈi͡ə], \sˈiə], \s_ˈiə]\
Definitions of SEAR
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
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(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"
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make very hot and dry; "The heat scorched the countryside"
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become superficially burned; "my eyebrows singed when I bent over the flames"
By Princeton University
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(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"
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make very hot and dry; "The heat scorched the countryside"
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become superficially burned; "my eyebrows singed when I bent over the flames"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Alt. of Sere
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To wither; to dry up.
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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.
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The catch in a gunlock by which the hammer is held cocked or half cocked.
By Oddity Software
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Alt. of Sere
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To wither; to dry up.
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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.
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The catch in a gunlock by which the hammer is held cocked or half cocked.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To dry up: to burn to dryness on the surface: to scorch: to cauterize: to render callous or insensible.
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Dry, withered.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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