sear

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Etymology 1 [edit]

From Middle English seer, seere, from Old English sēar, sīere (“dry, sere, sear, withered, barren”), from Proto-Germanic *sauzaz (“dry”), from Proto-Indo-European *saus-, *sus- (“dry, parched”). Cognate with Dutch zoor (“dry, rough”), Low German soor (“dry”), German sohr (“parched, dried up”), Norwegian dialectal søyr (“the desiccation and death of a tree”), Lithuanian sausas (“dry”).

Adjective [edit]

sear (comparative searer or more sear, superlative searest or most sear)

  1. Dry; withered, especially of vegetation.

Etymology 2 [edit]

From Middle English seeren, seren, from Old English sēarian (“to become sere, to grow sear, wither, pine away”), from Proto-Germanic *sauzēnan (“to become dry”). Related to Old High German sōrēn (“to wither, wilt”), Greek hauos ("dry"), Sanskrit sōsa ("drought"). The use in firearms terminology may relate to French serrer ("to grip").

Verb [edit]

sear (third-person singular simple present sears, present participle searing, simple past and past participle seared)

  1. To char, scorch, or burn the surface of something with a hot instrument
Translations [edit]
To char, scorch, or burn the surface of something with a hot instrument

Noun [edit]

sear (plural sears)

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

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Scottish Gaelic [edit]

Adjective [edit]

sear

  1. eastern, east

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West Frisian [edit]

Adjective [edit]

sear (seare)

  1. painful
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