sear

sear /siə/
  • tính từ
    • héo, khô; tàn (hoa; lá)
      • the sear and yellow leaf: tuổi già
  • ngoại động từ
    • làm khô, làm héo
    • đốt (vết thương)
    • đóng dấu bằng sắt nung
    • làm cho chai đi
      • a seared conscience: một lương tâm chai đá
    • (từ hiếm,nghĩa hiếm) làm vỡ, làm nổ tung
    • nội động từ
      • khô héo đi
      • danh từ
        • (như) sere
       nấu nhừ

      Xem thêm: scorch, scorch, singe, char, blacken, scorch, parch, dried-up, sere, shriveled, shrivelled, withered



      sear

      Từ điển WordNet

        v.

      • make very hot and dry; scorch

        The heat scorched the countryside

      • become superficially burned; scorch, singe

        my eyebrows singed when I bent over the flames

      • burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color; char, blacken, scorch

        The cook blackened the chicken breast

        The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece

        the flames scorched the ceiling

      • cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat; parch

        The sun parched the earth

        adj.

      • (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture; dried-up, sere, shriveled, shrivelled, withered

        dried-up grass

        the desert was edged with sere vegetation

        shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings

        withered vines

      English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

      sears|seared|searing
      syn.: burn char scorch singe