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sear

/ˈsɪə/SIR
/ˈsɪɹ/SIR

Meaningsere

Common meaning: burn the surface of something quickly

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√SUS‘dry, wither’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 394, p. 744 · scan
  2. Old Englishsedr‘sere’source
  3. Middle Englishmeaning shiftssere → dry or witherseeren‘dry or wither’source
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsdry or wither → burn the surface of something quicklysear‘burn the surface of something quickly’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old English sedr ‘sere’.

Roots

  • sedr Old English “sere”

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