As they arose to leave the fountain which had been witness of their mutual engagement, an arrow whistled through the air, and struck a raven perched on the sere branch of an old oak, near to where they had been seated.
Source: tatoeba (7760617)
Sere
//sɪə//
Synonyms for "sere" (74 found)
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1 entriesTranslations
20 translations across 9 languages.
Czech
1 entries- vyprahlý adj (without moisture — see also dry)
Finnish
1 entries- kuivunut adj (without moisture — see also dry)
German
4 entries- trocken adj (without moisture — see also dry)
- verdorrt adj (without moisture — see also dry)
- vertrocknet adj (without moisture — see also dry)
- verwelkt adj (without moisture — see also dry)
Hungarian
1 entries- szukcessziós sorozat noun (natural succession of animal or plant communities)
Māori
1 entries- parā adj (without moisture — see also dry)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- drieech adj (without moisture — see also dry)
Romanian
1 entries- veșted adj (without moisture — see also dry)
Russian
3 entries- иссу́шенный adj (without moisture — see also dry)
- сухо́й adj (without moisture — see also dry)
- увя́дший adj (without moisture — see also dry)
Spanish
2 entries- marchito adj (without moisture — see also dry)
- seco adj (without moisture — see also dry)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
In spring brightly green, and spangled with wild flowers, by midsummer this prairie had grown sere and yellow.
Source: tatoeba (11595544)
The autumn winds rushing / Waft the leaves that are searest, / But our flower was in flushing, / When blighting was nearest.
Source: wiktionary
[T]he recitation of Border Minstrelsy, or a well-sung ballad, served to revive the sere and yellow leaf of age by their refreshing memories of the pleasurable past.
Source: wiktionary
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