sear

Signification (English)

Adj

Dry; withered, especially of vegetation.

Verb

1. To char, scorch, or burn the surface of (something) with a hot instrument.
2. To wither; to dry up.
3. To make callous or insensible.
4. 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.

Concepts

brûler

roussir

saisir

bruler

sec

carboniser

flétri

tenir

brûler légèrement

flétrir

écailles

noircir

cautériser

Synonyms

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

blaze

blow

brand

brown

burn down

burn off

burn up

calcine

cauterise

cook

🧑‍🍳

cremate

dehydrate

die

💀

drain

dry up

fan

fire

🔥

fritter away

fry

grill

hold

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/sɪɚ/

Étymologie (English)

Inherited from moyen anglais: sere

Inherited from ancien anglais: sēar

Cognate with néerlandais: zoor

Cognate with bas-allemand: soor

Cognate with allemand: sohr

Cognate with norvégien: søyr

Cognate with lituanien: saũsas

Cognate with grec ancien: αὖος

Inherited from moyen anglais: seren

Inherited from ancien anglais: sēarian

Cognate with ancien haut allemand: sōrēn

Cognate with français: 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”), Homeric Ancient Greek αὖος (aûos, “dry”). Doublet of sere and sare.