SEARING
searing
(adjective) severely critical
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
searing
very hot; blistering or boiling
(of a pain) having a sensation of intense sudden heat
Noun
searing (plural searings)
action of the verb to sear
cooking food quickly at high temperature
Verb
searing
present participle of sear
Anagrams
• Angries, Gainers, Gearins, Reagins, earings, erasing, gainers, inrages, raignes, reagins, regains, regians, seringa
Proper noun
Searing (plural Searings)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Searing is the 33036th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 693 individuals. Searing is most common among White (95.38%) individuals.
Anagrams
• Angries, Gainers, Gearins, Reagins, earings, erasing, gainers, inrages, raignes, reagins, regains, regians, seringa
Source: Wiktionary
SEAR
Sear, Sere, a.
Definition: [OE. seer, AS. seár (assumed) fr. seárian to wither; akin to D.
zoor dry, LG. soor, OHG. soren to to wither, Gr. sush) to dry, to
wither, Zend hush to dry. sq. root152. Cf. Austere, Sorrel, a.] Dry;
withered; no longer green; -- applied to leaves. Milton.
I have lived long enough; my way of life Is fall'n into the sear, the
yellow leaf. Shak.
Sear, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Seared; p. pr. & vb. n. Searing.] Etym:
[OE.seeren, AS. seárian. See Sear, a.]
1. To wither; to dry up. Shak.
2. To burn (the surface of) to dryness and hardness; to cauterize; to
expose to a degree of heat such as changes the color or the hardness
and texture of the surface; to scorch; to make callous; as, to sear
the skin or flesh. Also used figuratively.
I'm seared with burning steel. Rowe.
It was in vain that the amiable divine tried to give salutary pain to
that seared conscience. Macaulay.
The discipline of war, being a discipline in destruction of life, is
a discipline in callousness. Whatever sympathies exist are seared. H.
Spencer.
Note: Sear is allied to scorch in signification; but it is applied
primarily to animal flesh, and has special reference to the effect of
heat in marking the surface hard. Scorch is applied to flesh, cloth,
or any other substance, and has no reference to the effect of
hardness. To sear, to close by searing. "Cherish veins of good humor,
and sear up those of ill." Sir W. Temple.
Sear, n. Etym: [F. serre a grasp, pressing, fr. L. sera. See Serry.]
Definition: The catch in a gunlock by which the hammer is held cocked or
half cocked. Sear spring, the spring which causes the sear to catch
in the notches by which the hammer is held.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition