'Sere' definitions:
Definition of 'sere'
(from WordNet)
adjective
(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" [syn: dried-up, sere, sear, shriveled, shrivelled, withered]
Definition of 'Sere'
From: GCIDE
- Sear \Sear\, Sere \Sere\ (s[=e]r), a. [OE. seer, AS. se['a]r (assumed) fr. se['a]rian to wither; akin to D. zoor dry, LG. soor, OHG. sor[=e]n to wither, Gr. a"y`ein to parch, to dry, Skr. [,c]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. [1913 Webster]
- I have lived long enough; my way of life Is fall'n into the sear, the yellow leaf. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Sere'
From: GCIDE
- Sere \Sere\, a. Dry; withered. Same as Sear. [1913 Webster]
- But with its sound it shook the sails That were so thin and sere. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Sere'
From: GCIDE
- Sere \Sere\, n. [F. serre.] Claw; talon. [Obs.] --Chapman. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'sere'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adust,
- arid,
- atrophied,
- baked,
- bare,
- bone-dry,
- brittle,
- burnt,
- corky,
- deep-worn,
- dehydrated,
- desiccated,
- dog-eared,
- dried,
- dried-up,
- droughty,
- dry,
- emaciated,
- evaporated,
- exsiccated,
- moistureless,
- mummified,
- papery,
- parched,
- parchmenty,
- scorched,
- sear,
- seared,
- shelfworn,
- shopworn,
- shriveled,
- shrunken,
- sun-dried,
- sunbaked,
- thirsty,
- threadbare,
- timeworn,
- unwatered,
- wasted,
- waterless,
- weazened,
- well-worn,
- wilted,
- wind-dried,
- withered,
- wizened,
- worn,
- worn ragged,
- worn to rags,
- worn to threads,
- worn-down,
- wrinkled