sere, dried-up, sear, shriveled, shrivelled, withered
(adjective) (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture; “dried-up grass”; “the desert was edged with sere vegetation”; “shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings”; “withered vines”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
sere (comparative serer, superlative serest)
(archaic or literary, poetic) Without moisture; dry.
Synonyms: sare (Britain, archaic), sear, Thesaurus:dry
(obsolete) Of fabrics: threadbare, worn out.
sere (plural seres)
(ecology) A natural succession of animal or plant communities in an ecosystem, especially a series of communities succeeding one another from the time a habitat is unoccupied to the point when a climax community is achieved. [from early 20th c.]
Synonym: seral community
• hydrosere
• lithosere
• psammosere
sere (plural seres)
(obsolete) A claw, a talon.
sere (comparative more sere, superlative most sere)
(obsolete or Britain, dialectal) Individual, separate, set apart.
(obsolete or Britain, dialectal) Different; diverse.
• EERs, Erse, REEs, Rees, SEER, eres, rees, rese, seer
An acronym of the main topics, survival, evasion, resistance, and escape.
SERE (uncountable)
(military) A training program in the United States military to train personnel in survival, evasion, resistance, and escape, preparatory for potential capture by enemy forces.
• EERs, Erse, REEs, Rees, SEER, eres, rees, rese, seer
Source: Wiktionary
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.
Sere, a.
Definition: Dry; withered. Same as Sear. But with its sound it shook the sails That were so thin and sere. Coleridge.
Sere, n. Etym: [F. serre.]
Definition: Claw; talon. [Obs.] Chapman.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
26 June 2024
(verb) include or contain; have as a component; “A totally new idea is comprised in this paper”; “The record contains many old songs from the 1930’s”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee press is 230 cm (7 ft 6 in) in height and 72 cm (2 ft 4 in) in diameter and was created by Salzillo Tea and Coffee (Spain) in Murcia, Spain, in February 2007. The cafetière consists of a stainless steel container, a filtering piston, and a superior lid.
