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Raresear
The correct spelling is sear.
How to pronounce sear
/sɪə(ɹ)/
adjectiveIPA: /sɪə(ɹ)/
Say it like: See-r
The correct spelling is sear. Dry; withered, especially of vegetation. For example: "The events of that day were seared into her memory."
Usage Examples
“The events of that day were seared into her memory.”
Meanings
adjective
- 1.Dry; withered, especially of vegetation.
noun
- 1.A scar produced by searing
- 2.Part of a gun that retards the hammer until the trigger is pulled.
verb
- 1.To char, scorch, or burn the surface of (something) with a hot instrument.
- 2.To wither; to dry up.
- 3.To make callous or insensible.
- 4.To mark permanently, as if by burning.
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