sear

4 letters in word "sear": A E R S.

Anagrams of sear:

• ares

• arse

• ears

• eras

• rase

• sera

Words found within sear:

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• Definitions:
• To brown meat quickly over high heat. Meat may be seared under a broiler or in a skillet on top of the stove.
• To seal in the juices of meat by browning it on all sides in a very hot pan.
• To brown the surface of pieces of meats and or fish by submitting them to intense initial heat.
• to burn the surface of or to scorch.
• to fry meats quickly so as to seal in their juices.
• A sharp bar, resting in a notch (or in British: "bent") in a hammer (or in British: "tumbler"), holding the hammer back under the tension of the mainspring. When the trigger is pulled, the sear moves out of its notch, releasing the hammer and firing the gun.
• To quickly brown and caramelize the outside of meats at a high temperature.
• To brown the surface of food in fat over high heat before finishing by another method (for example, braising) in order to add flavor.
• Cook at a high temperature over direct heat until surface is brown.
• Frying a meat for a very short period at a hot temperature with the goal of sealing in its juices.
• David Sear, among others, has written an extremely important series of handbooks for various fields of ancient coins. His Roman Coins and Their Values has been published in several editions over the years and is in the process of being updated for the new millennium.
• to brown the surface of a meat quickly by cooking in a little fat at a very high heat in order to seal in the meats juices and create a rich color before finishing by another method.
• The technique of exposing meat to a very high heat to quickly brown the outside while sealing the juices inside. It can be done in a skillet, under a broiler, on a grill, or in a very hot oven. Searing is often the first step in the braising or roasting process.
• make very hot and dry; "The heat scorched the countryside" scorch: become superficially burned; "my eyebrows singed when I bent over the flames" char: burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color; "The cook blackened the chicken breast"; "The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece"; "the flames scorched the ceiling" parch: cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat; "The sun parched the earth" dried-up: (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture; "dried-up grass"; "the desert was edged with sere vegetation"; "shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings"; "withered vines"
• In a firearms, the sear is the part of the trigger mechanism which holds the hammer or striker back until the correct amount of pressure has been applied to the trigger; at which point the hammer or striker is released to discharge the weapon. ...
• To brown the surface of food quickly using high heat.

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