Overview of verb sear

The verb sear has 4 senses

• sear, scorch -- (make very hot and dry; "The heat scorched the countryside")


• scorch, sear, singe -- (become superficially burned; "my eyebrows singed when I bent over the flames")


• char, blacken, sear, scorch -- (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")


• parch, sear -- (cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat; "The sun parched the earth")

Overview of adj searing

The adj searing has 1 sense

• searing -- (severely critical)