Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - sear
Sear
sear
v. & adj. --v.tr. 1 a scorch, esp. with a hot iron; cauterize, brand. b (as searing adj.) scorching, burning (searing pain). 2 cause pain or great anguish to. 3 brown (meat) quickly at a high temperature so that it will retain its juices in cooking. 4 make (one's conscience, feelings, etc.) callous. 5 archaic blast, wither. --adj. (also sere) literary (esp. of a plant etc.) withered, dried up. Etymology: OE sear (adj.), searian (v.), f. Gmc
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see: sere II. verb Etymology: Middle English seren, from Old English sēarian to become dry, from sēar sere Date: before 12th century intransitive verb to cause withering or drying, transitive verb to make withered and dry ; parch, 2. to burn, scorch, mark, or injure with or as if with sudden application of intense heat, to cook the surface of quickly with intense heat , III. noun Date: 1874 a mark or scar left by ~ing, IV. noun Etymology: probably from Middle French serre grasp, from serrer to press, grasp, from Old French, from Late Latin serare to bolt, latch, from Latin sera bar for fastening a door Date: 1596 the catch that holds the hammer of a gun's lock at cock or half cock ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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