| sear | cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat |
|---|---|
| sear | make very hot and dry |
| sear | become superficially burned |
| sear | (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture |
| sear | an investigation seeking answers |
| sear | boarding and inspecting a ship on the high seas |
| sear | the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone |
| sear | the examination of alternative hypotheses |
| sear | an operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property |
| sear | inquire into |
| sear | try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of |
| sear | subject to a search |