Associations to the word «Seared»

Wiktionary

SEAR, adjective. Dry; withered, especially of vegetation.
SEAR, verb. To char, scorch, or burn the surface of something with a hot instrument.
SEAR, verb. To wither; to dry up.
SEAR, verb. (figurative) To mark permanently, as if by burning.
SEAR, noun. A scar produced by searing
SEAR, noun. Part of a gun that retards the hammer until the trigger is pulled.

Dictionary definition

SEAR, verb. Make very hot and dry; "The heat scorched the countryside".
SEAR, verb. Become superficially burned; "my eyebrows singed when I bent over the flames".
SEAR, verb. Burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color; "The cook blackened the chicken breast"; "The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece"; "the flames scorched the ceiling".
SEAR, verb. Cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat; "The sun parched the earth".
SEAR, adjective. (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture; "dried-up grass"; "the desert was edged with sere vegetation"; "shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings"; "withered vines".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats