The meaning of Sear

verb

Make or become black or dark, especially as a result of burning, decay, or bruising.

Usage examples:

Stone blackened by the soot of ages

verb

To make something black

Usage examples:

For miles around, trees were blackened by the fire.

adjective

Of a colour produced by mixing red, yellow, and blue, as of dark wood or rich soil.

Usage examples:

An old brown coat

noun

Brown colour or pigment.

Usage examples:

The brown of his eyes

verb

Another term for coloured (sense 2 of the noun).

verb

(of a fire) produce flames and heat while consuming a material such as coal or wood.

Usage examples:

A fire burned and crackled cheerfully in the grate

noun

An injury caused by exposure to heat or flame.

Usage examples:

He was treated in hospital for burns to his hands

noun

A small stream.

Usage examples:

There is a burn running through the flower beds

verb

Convert or be converted into carbon or charcoal, typically by heating or burning or during fossilization.

Usage examples:

The process occurs when trees are carbonized by intensely hot forest fires

verb

Burn the skin or flesh of (a wound) with a heated instrument or caustic substance in order to stop bleeding or to prevent infection.

Usage examples:

I'll freeze the hand and cauterize the wound

verb

Partially burn so as to blacken the surface.

Usage examples:

A region charred by bush fires

noun

Material that has been charred.

Usage examples:

She trimmed the char from the wicks of the oil lamps

verb

Work as a charwoman.

Usage examples:

She'd had to char and work in a grocery store to put herself through university

verb

Cause (a person or their body) to lose a large amount of water.

Usage examples:

The heat dehydrated us even when we stood still

verb

To lose water, or to cause something to lose water

Usage examples:

[ t ] the vegetables were dehydrated and frozen., in hot, dry weather you need to drink lots of wat…

verb

Remove the moisture from (something); cause to become completely dry.

Usage examples:

Both the older growth and the new vegetation were desiccated by months of relentless sun

verb

Change or cause to change to a different, less attractive colour.

Usage examples:

Do not over-knead the dough or it will discolour

verb

To (cause something to) change from the original colour and therefore to look unpleasant

Usage examples:

The fire had discoloured the paintwork.

noun

Extreme anxiety, sorrow, or pain.

Usage examples:

To his distress he saw that she was trembling

verb

Another term for distraint.

noun

Great mental or physical suffering, such as extreme anxiety, sadness, or pain, or the state of being in danger or urgent need

Usage examples:

Emotional/financial distress, four men were rescued from a fishing boat in distress off the coast.,…

verb

Feel intense sorrow.

Usage examples:

She grieved for her father

noun

An overseer, manager, or bailiff on a farm.

verb

Make or become dry through intense heat.

Usage examples:

A piece of grassland parched by the sun

verb

To dry something out because of too much heat and not enough rain

Usage examples:

The fierce sun parched the soil.

verb

Cause to feel sorrow; make unhappy.

Usage examples:

He was greatly saddened by the death of his only son

verb

To make someone sad or unhappy

Usage examples:

It saddened me to learn of your father’s death.

verb

Injure with very hot liquid or steam.

Usage examples:

The tea scalded his tongue

noun

A burn or other injury caused by hot liquid or steam.

Usage examples:

50,000 children a year are taken to hospital with burns and scalds

noun

Variant spelling of skald.

verb

Burn the surface of (something) with flame or heat.

Usage examples:

Surrounding houses were scorched by heat from the blast

noun

The burning or charring of the surface of something.

Usage examples:

A scorch mark

verb

To burn a surface slightly, causing it to change color

Usage examples:

[ t ] the iron was too hot and scorched the shirt.

verb

Wrinkle and contract or cause to wrinkle and contract, especially due to loss of moisture.

Usage examples:

The flowers simply shrivelled up

verb

To become dried out and smaller, appearing crushed or folded, or to make something do this

Usage examples:

[ t ] the hot sun shriveled the flowers i put in the window.

verb

Burn (something) superficially or lightly.

Usage examples:

The fire had singed his eyebrows

noun

A superficial burn.

Usage examples:

The woman, aged 39, was able to walk to the ambulance before being taken to hospital with minor bur…

verb

To burn something slightly, or to be burned slightly

Usage examples:

The candle singed his arm hairs.

verb

Make (someone) unhappy, disappointed, or worried.

Usage examples:

The accusation upset her

noun

An unexpected result or situation.

Usage examples:

The greatest upset in boxing history

adjective

Unhappy, disappointed, or worried.

Usage examples:

She looked pale and upset

verb

(of a plant) become dry and shrivelled.

Usage examples:

The grass had withered to an unappealing brown

verb

To become, or cause something to become, weak, dry, and smaller

Usage examples:

[ t ] hot, dry weather withered the peanut crop in the southeast., [ i ] fig. public interest in th…