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SEAR

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 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture

Example:

withered vines

Synonyms:

dried-up; sear; sere; shriveled; shrivelled; withered

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

dry (free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet)

Domain category:

botany; flora; vegetation (all the plant life in a particular region or period)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat

Example:

The sun parched the earth

Synonyms:

parch; sear

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "sear" is one way to...):

dry; dry out (remove the moisture from and make dry)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make very hot and dry

Example:

The heat scorched the countryside

Synonyms:

scorch; sear

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "sear" is one way to...):

heat; heat up (make hot or hotter)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "sear"):

sizzle (burn or sear with a sizzling sound)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 3

Meaning:

Burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color

Example:

the flames scorched the ceiling

Synonyms:

blacken; char; scorch; sear

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "sear" is one way to...):

burn (damage by burning with heat, fire, or radiation)

Domain category:

cookery; cooking; preparation (the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "sear"):

singe; swinge (burn superficially or lightly)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 4

Meaning:

Become superficially burned

Example:

my eyebrows singed when I bent over the flames

Synonyms:

scorch; sear; singe

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "sear" is one way to...):

burn; combust (undergo combustion)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

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