sear
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
make very hot and dry
The heat scorched the countryside
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Sense 2 adjective
(used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture
dried-up grass
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Sense 3 verb
become superficially burned
my eyebrows singed when I bent over the flames
Types & categories
- burn hypernym
Related & opposite
- scorch derivation
Sense 4 verb
burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color
The cook blackened the chicken breast
Types & categories
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Sense 5 verb
cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat
The sun parched the earth
Types & categories
- dry hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | scorch |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | scorch |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | heat |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sizzle |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sereness |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | flora |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | dry |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | scorch |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | burn |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | scorch |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | cooking |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | burn |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | singe |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | dry |