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Definición y significado de sear

Definición

sear (v. trans.)

1.undergo combustion"Maple wood burns well"

2.fry in a pan until it changes color"brown the meat in the pan"

sear (adj.)

1.(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"

sear (v.)

1.cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat"The sun parched the earth"

2.make very hot and dry"The heat scorched the countryside"

3.become superficially burned"my eyebrows singed when I bent over the flames"

4.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"

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Merriam Webster

SearSear, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Seared (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Searing.] [OE. seeren, AS. seárian. See Sear, a.]
1. To wither; to dry up. Shak.

2. To burn (the surface of) to dryness and hardness; to cauterize; to expose to a degree of heat such as changes the color or the hardness and texture of the surface; to scorch; to make callous; as, to sear the skin or flesh. Also used figuratively.

I'm seared with burning steel. Rowe.

It was in vain that the amiable divine tried to give salutary pain to that seared conscience. Macaulay.

The discipline of war, being a discipline in destruction of life, is a discipline in callousness. Whatever sympathies exist are seared. H. Spencer.

☞ Sear is allied to scorch in signification; but it is applied primarily to animal flesh, and has special reference to the effect of heat in marking the surface hard. Scorch is applied to flesh, cloth, or any other substance, and has no reference to the effect of hardness.

To sear up, to close by searing. “Cherish veins of good humor, and sear up those of ill.” Sir W. Temple.

SearSear, n. [F. serre a grasp, pressing, fr. L. sera. See Serry.] The catch in a gunlock by which the hammer is held cocked or half cocked.

Sear spring, the spring which causes the sear to catch in the notches by which the hammer is held.