'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]

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