sere - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'sere' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Sere

[ a.]

- [OE. seer, AS. sear (assumed) fr. searian to wither; akin to D. zoor dry, LG. soor, OHG. sor/n to to wither, Gr. a"y`ein to parch, to dry, Skr. /ush (for sush) to dry, to wither, Zend hush to dry. Ã152. Cf. Austere, Sorrel, a.] Dry; withered; no longer green; -- applied to leaves.
- Dry; withered. Same as Sear.

2 . Sere

[ n.]

- Claw; talon.

Meaning of 'sere' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . sere

[ s]

Meaning (1):
- (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture

Example in sentence:

dried-up grass;
shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings;
the desert was edged with sere vegetation;
withered vines

Nearby Words:

seraglio serai seralbumen serang serape seraph seraphic seraphical seraphicism seraphim

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