Cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat.
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Examples for "sear "
1 Add steaks and sear on both sides, about 1 minute per side.
2 The garden was now dead and sear in the late October frost.
3 Add tuna and sear until golden, about 1 minute on both sides.
4 Working in batches, sear meatballs on all sides to develop a crust.
5 Gently coat the patties in fresh breadcrumbs and sear in hot oil.
1 No living waters flowed through them; all was sand, and parch , and darkness.
2 There has been dry weather and east wind enough to parch the fens.
3 The sun couldn't parch him while he was under the trees.
4 Will the sahib pay, or will he let the trooper parch ?
5 Are these the sons of my loins that let me parch ?
6 His body was prone to mucus; hers tended to parch .
7 It cannot suffice a sun-steeped swallow, or ripen a plum, or parch the carpet.
8 Snow is salvation against the periodic droughts that parch California.
9 The corn did not parch well, and was barely edible.
10 The throat and mouth seem to shrivel and parch .
11 I was going to parch it and store it.
12 These fasts from sleep will parch your young brains.
13 It's wonderful the way corn shuckin' manages to parch the throat an' whet the appetite.
14 Actually, it wasn't paper so much as parch -
15 Then there are others who seem to parch and wither up every germ of spiritual life.
16 Later their lips began to parch and seam.
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Indicative · Present