Sear

//sɪɚ//

Synonyms for "sear" (190 found)

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Closest matches (38)

char parch scorch withered adust air-dry anhydrate attaint attenuate attenuated bake baked barbecue baste bedaub besmear besmirch besmoke bestain blacken

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blanch blaze blister blot blur boil braise brand brew broil brown brush burn burn in burn off burn up burnt

Verb(1 words)

blacken

Strong matches (57)

cast cauterize coal coddle consume consumed cook corky crack cupel cure curry darken daub dehumidify dehydrate dehydrated desiccate desiccated devil

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Verb(1 words)

char

Adjective(1 words)

dried-up

Related words (95)

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

6 entries

burn combust dry dry out heat heat up

Synonyms

4 entries

char parch scorch withered

derived

6 entries

auto sear ensear redsear reverse-sear searness searwood

manner of

1 entries

heat

related to

22 entries

burn burn meat char cook cook quickly cooking cooking method dry gun hammer hot hot cooking instrument meat method quickly

Showing 16 of 22 words.

similar

1 entries

dry

Translations

64 translations across 19 languages.

Arabic

1 entries

لَفَحَ verb (To char, scorch, or burn the surface of something with a hot instrument)

Bulgarian

1 entries

обгарям verb (To char, scorch, or burn the surface of something with a hot instrument)

Catalan

1 entries

socarrar verb (To char, scorch, or burn the surface of something with a hot instrument)

Czech

4 entries

ožeh noun (A scar produced by searing)
spálenina noun (A scar produced by searing)
sežehnout verb (To char, scorch, or burn the surface of something with a hot instrument)
spálit verb (To char, scorch, or burn the surface of something with a hot instrument)

Danish

1 entries

brune verb (To char, scorch, or burn the surface of something with a hot instrument)

Dutch

2 entries

aanbraden verb (To char, scorch, or burn the surface of something with a hot instrument)
dichtschroeien verb (To char, scorch, or burn the surface of something with a hot instrument)

Finnish

4 entries

kärventymä noun (A scar produced by searing)
palanut kohta noun (A scar produced by searing)
paloarpi noun (A scar produced by searing)
pidätin noun (Part of a gun that retards the hammer until the trigger is pulled)

French

4 entries

gâchette noun (Part of a gun that retards the hammer until the trigger is pulled)
brûler verb (To char, scorch, or burn the surface of something with a hot instrument)
calciner verb (To char, scorch, or burn the surface of something with a hot instrument)
griller verb (To char, scorch, or burn the surface of something with a hot instrument)

German

4 entries

Abzugsstück noun (Part of a gun that retards the hammer until the trigger is pulled)
Fangklinke noun (Part of a gun that retards the hammer until the trigger is pulled)
ausbrennen verb (To char, scorch, or burn the surface of something with a hot instrument)
ausdörren verb (To char, scorch, or burn the surface of something with a hot instrument)

Gothic

1 entries

𐌲𐌰𐍄𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (To char, scorch, or burn the surface of something with a hot instrument)

Italian

3 entries

bruciacchiare verb (To char, scorch, or burn the surface of something with a hot instrument)
fare passare al salto verb (To char, scorch, or burn the surface of something with a hot instrument)
rosolare verb (To char, scorch, or burn the surface of something with a hot instrument)

Māori

3 entries

kutiwera noun (A scar produced by searing)
hunuhunu verb (To char, scorch, or burn the surface of something with a hot instrument)
hūhunu verb (To char, scorch, or burn the surface of something with a hot instrument)

Occitan

4 entries

cremar verb (To char, scorch, or burn the surface of something with a hot instrument)
grasilhar verb (To char, scorch, or burn the surface of something with a hot instrument)
marcar verb (To char, scorch, or burn the surface of something with a hot instrument)
rimar verb (To char, scorch, or burn the surface of something with a hot instrument)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries

داغ noun (A scar produced by searing)
داغلامق verb (To char, scorch, or burn the surface of something with a hot instrument)

Portuguese

3 entries

chamuscar verb (To char, scorch, or burn the surface of something with a hot instrument)
queimar verb (To char, scorch, or burn the surface of something with a hot instrument)
tostar verb (To char, scorch, or burn the surface of something with a hot instrument)

Russian

4 entries

ожо́г noun (A scar produced by searing)
шепта́ло noun (Part of a gun that retards the hammer until the trigger is pulled)
обжигать verb (To char, scorch, or burn the surface of something with a hot instrument)
прижигать verb (To char, scorch, or burn the surface of something with a hot instrument)

Spanish

4 entries

fiador noun (Part of a gun that retards the hammer until the trigger is pulled)
abrasar verb (To char, scorch, or burn the surface of something with a hot instrument)
chamuscar verb (To char, scorch, or burn the surface of something with a hot instrument)
socarrar verb (To char, scorch, or burn the surface of something with a hot instrument)

Swedish

4 entries

spänntand noun (Part of a gun that retards the hammer until the trigger is pulled)
spärr noun (Part of a gun that retards the hammer until the trigger is pulled)
bränna verb (To char, scorch, or burn the surface of something with a hot instrument)
sveda verb (To char, scorch, or burn the surface of something with a hot instrument)

Ukrainian

1 entries

шептало noun (Part of a gun that retards the hammer until the trigger is pulled)

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Sear on each side over medium heat for 4 - 5 minutes.

Source: tatoeba (896000)

There are in all but three vvayes of going thither [to the moon]. […] [The] third, Old Empedocles vvay; vvho vvhen he leaped into Ætna, having a drie ſeare bodie, and light, the ſmoake took him and vvhift him up into the Moone, vvhere he lives yet vvaving up and dovvne like a feather, all foot and embers comming out of that cole-pit; our Poet met him, and talkt vvith him.

Source: wiktionary

The autumn winds rushing / Waft the leaves that are searest, / But our flower was in flushing, / When blighting was nearest.

Source: wiktionary

He likes to sear his steaks while maintaining rareness at the center.

Source: wiktionary

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