sear

Meanings

Plural: sears

Verb

make very hot and dry
become superficially burned
burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color
cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat
To char, scorch, or burn the surface of (something) with a hot instrument.
To wither; to dry up.
To make callous or insensible.
To mark permanently, as if by burning.

Adjective Satellite

(used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture

Adj

Dry; withered, especially of vegetation.

Noun

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

Origin / Etymology

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.

Synonyms

blacken, char, dried-up, parch, scorch, sere, shriveled, shrivelled, singe, withered

Scrabble Score: 4

sear is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
sear is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
sear is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 4

sear is a valid Words With Friends word