sear

adjective · verb · nounA1

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Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

searermore searsearest

Superlative

most searseresare

1.
Dry; withered, especially of vegetation.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

sears

V_ing/Gerund

searing

V_ed/pp

searedsere

1.
(transitive)To char, scorch, or burn the surface of (something) with a hot instrument.
He likes to sear his steaks while maintaining rareness at the center.
2.
To wither; to dry up.
3.
(figuratively, transitive)(transitive, figurative) To make callous or insensible.
4.
(figuratively, transitive)(transitive, figurative) To mark permanently, as if by burning.
The events of that day were seared into her memory.

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

searsseresare

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

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searness

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English sere, seer, seere, from Old English sēar, sīere (dry, sere, sear, withered, barren), from *sauʀ(ī), from Proto-Germanic *sauzaz (dry), from Proto-Indo-European *sh₂ews- (dry, parched) (also reconstructed as *h₂sews-).