sear

(Anglès)

Adj

Dry; withered, especially of vegetation.

Verb

1. (transitive) To char, scorch, or burn the surface of (something) with a hot instrument.
2. To wither; to dry up.
3. (figuratively, transitive) To make callous or insensible.
4. (figuratively, transitive) To mark permanently, as if by burning.

Noun

1. A scar produced by searing
2. Part of a gun that retards the hammer until the trigger is pulled.

Noun

Part of a gun that retards the hammer until the trigger is pulled.

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/sɪɚ/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: sere

Heretat de anglès antic: sēar

Cognat amb neerlandès: zoor

Cognat amb baix alemany: soor

Cognat amb alemany: sohr

Cognat amb noruec: søyr

Cognat amb lituà: saũsas

Cognat amb grec antic: αὖος

Heretat de anglès mitjà: seren

Heretat de anglès antic: sēarian

Cognat amb alt alemany antic: sōrēn

Cognat amb francès: serrer

In summary

From Middle English sere, seer, seere, from Old English sēar, sīere (“dry, sere, sear, withered, barren”), from Proto-West Germanic *sauʀ(ī), from Proto-Germanic *sauzaz (“dry”), from Proto-Indo-European *sh₂ews- (“dry, parched”) (also reconstructed as *h₂sews-).
Cognate with Dutch zoor (“dry, rough”), Low German soor (“dry”), German sohr (“parched, dried up”), dialectal Norwegian søyr (“the desiccation and death of a tree”), Lithuanian saũsas (“dry”), Ukrainian сухий (suxyj, “dry”), Polish suchy (“dry”), Homeric Ancient Greek αὖος (aûos, “dry”). Doublet of sere and sare.

Conceptes

socarrimar

abrasar

agostejar

abrusar

carbonitzar

emmusteir

recremar

cremar

bleir

ressecar

Sinònims

scorch

burn

singe

parch

char

sere

withered

cauterize

toast

roast

blacken

be seared

strike out

dried-up

dry

wither

bake

faded

barbecue

shriveled

shrivelled

sting

kiln

languishing

limp

overprint

parched

put out

retire

scald

scathe

seduce

shrivel

smoke

tag

tingle

torch

torrefy

urticate

warm

☀️

wilted

wizen

combust

make hot

set afire

sunburn

sweal

4

heat thoroughly

wizened