v.
- burn or scorch with a sudden intense heat.
▸brown (food) quickly at a high temperature.
-
[usu. as adj. searing]
(of pain) be experienced as a sudden burning sensation.
- archaic cause to wither or become insensitive.
adj.
(also
sere)
literary withered.
Derivative
Etymology
OE sēar (adj.), sēarian (v.), of Gmc origin.
