Definition of sear

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Sear (a.) To burn (the surface of) to dryness and hardness; to cauterize; to expose to a degree of heat such as changes the color or the hardness and texture of the surface; to scorch; to make callous; as, to sear the skin or flesh. Also used figuratively..

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Researchful :: Researchful (a.) Making researches; inquisitive.
Hunt :: Hunt (n.) The act or practice of chasing wild animals; chase; pursuit; search.
Scrat :: Scrat (v. i.) To rake; to search.
Buscon :: Buscon (n.) One who searches for ores; a prospector.
Curious :: Curious (a.) Careful or anxious to learn; eager for knowledge; given to research or inquiry; habitually inquisitive; prying; -- sometimes with after or of.
Espy :: Espy (v. i.) To look or search narrowly; to look about; to watch; to take notice; to spy.
Forage :: Forage (n.) The act of foraging; search for provisions, etc..
Tumbler :: Tumbler (n.) A piece attached to, or forming part of, the hammer of a gunlock, upon which the mainspring acts and in which are the notches for sear point to enter..
Caustical :: Caustical (a.) Capable of destroying the texture of anything or eating away its substance by chemical action; burning; corrosive; searing.
Investigate :: Investigate (v. t.) To follow up step by step by patient inquiry or observation; to trace or track mentally; to search into; to inquire and examine into with care and accuracy; to find out by careful inquisition; as, to investigate the causes of natural phenomena..
Indagate :: Indagate (v. t.) To seek or search out.
Quest :: Quest (n.) Those who make search or inquiry, taken collectively..
Exploratory :: Exploratory (a.) Serving or intended to explore; searching; examining; explorative.
Quest :: Quest (n.) To search for; to examine.
Burn :: Burn (v. t.) To injure by fire or heat; to change destructively some property or properties of, by undue exposure to fire or heat; to scorch; to scald; to blister; to singe; to char; to sear; as, to burn steel in forging; to burn one's face in the sun; the sun burns the grass..
Indagation :: Indagation (n.) Search; inquiry; investigation.
Hatch :: Hatch (n.) An opening into, or in search of, a mine..
Examine :: Examine (v. t.) To test by any appropriate method; to inspect carefully with a view to discover the real character or state of; to subject to inquiry or inspection of particulars for the purpose of obtaining a fuller insight into the subject of examination, as a material substance, a fact, a reason, a cause, the truth of a statement; to inquire or search into; to explore; as, to examine a mineral; to examine a ship to know whether she is seaworthy; to examine a proposition, theory, or question..
Canvass :: Canvass (n.) Search; exploration; solicitation; systematic effort to obtain votes, subscribers, etc..
Throughout :: Throughout (prep.) Quite through; from one extremity to the other of; also, every part of; as, to search throughout the house..
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