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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dry, burn |
| Synonyms: | blight, brand, brown, burn up, cauterize, cook, dehydrate, desiccate, dry out, dry up, exsiccate, harden, parch, scorch, seal, shrivel, sizzle, tan, toast, wilt, wither |
| Antonyms: | freeze |
| Main Entry: | barbecue |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cook outside, usually on a grill |
| Synonyms: | broil, charcoal, fry, grill, rotisserie, sear |
| Main Entry: | bite |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | corrode, eat away |
| Synonyms: | burn, consume, decay, decompose, deteriorate, dissolve, eat into, engrave, erode, etch, oxidize, rot, rust, scour, sear, slash, smart, sting, tingle, wear away |
Example Sentences
- Dancing off the rocks, the searing heat plays other tricks.
- All you have to do is focus on keeping your feet moving, and trying to ignore the searing pain.
- If searing meat was such a health hazard, humans would have gone extinct millenia ago.
| Main Entry: | broil |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cook under direct heat |
| Synonyms: | burn, melt, roast, scorch, sear, swelter |
| Antonyms: | freeze |
| Main Entry: | burn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be on fire; set on fire |
| Synonyms: | bake, be ablaze, blaze, brand, broil, calcine, cauterize, char, combust, conflagrate, cook, cremate, enkindle, flame, flare, flash, flicker, glow, heat, ignite, incinerate, kindle, light, melt, parch, reduce to ashes, rekindle, roast, scald, scorch, sear, set a match to, singe, smoke, smolder, toast, torch, wither |
| Antonyms: | cool, extinguish, put out, quench, smother, wet |
| Main Entry: | burning |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | blazing, flashing |
| Synonyms: | afire, aflame, alight, blistering, broiling, conflagrant, enkindled, fiery, flaming, flaring, gleaming, glowing, heated, hot, ignited, illuminated, in flames, incandescent, kindled, on fire, oxidizing, red-hot, scorching, searing, sizzling, smoking, smouldering, torrid, white-hot |
| Antonyms: | cold, cool |
| Main Entry: | cook |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prepare food, usually using heat |
| Synonyms: | French fry, bake, barbecue, blanch, boil, braise, brew, broil, brown, burn, coddle, curry, decoct, deep fry, devil, doctor*, escallop, fix, fricassee, fry, griddle, grill, heat, imbue, melt, microwave, mull, nuke, panfry, parboil, parch, percolate, poach, pressure-cook, reduce, roast, ruin*, sauté, scald, scorch, sear, seethe, simmer, sizzle, spoil*, steam, steep, stew, toast, warm up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dehydrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take moisture out of |
| Synonyms: | cotton-mouth, desiccate, drain, dry, dry out, dry up, evaporate, exsiccate, parch, sear |
| Antonyms: | hydrate, moisten, wet |
| Main Entry: | desiccate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take moisture out of |
| Synonyms: | anhydrate, dehydrate, deplete, devitalize, divest, drain, dry, dry up, evaporate, exsiccate, parch, sear, shrivel, wither, wizen |
| Antonyms: | moisten, moisturize, wet |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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