English Dictionary: sere | by the DICT Development Group |
4 results for sere | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sear \Sear\, Sere \Sere\ (s[emac]r), a. [OE. seer, AS. se[a0]r (assumed) fr. se[a0]rian to wither; akin to D. zoor dry, LG. soor, OHG. sor[emac]n to to wither, Gr. a"y`ein to parch, to dry, Skr. [cced]ush (for sush) to dry, to wither, Zend hush to dry. [root]152. Cf. {Austere}, {Sorrel}, a.] Dry; withered; no longer green; -- applied to leaves. --Milton. I have lived long enough; my way of life Is fall'n into the sear, the yellow leaf. --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sere \Sere\, a. Dry; withered. Same as {Sear}. But with its sound it shook the sails That were so thin and sere. --Coleridge. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sere \Sere\, n. [F. serre.] Claw; talon. [Obs.] --Chapman. |