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Definition of Searing
1. Adjective. Severely critical.
Definition of Searing
1. Adjective. very hot; blistering or boiling ¹
2. Adjective. (context: of a pain) having a sensation of intense sudden heat ¹
3. Noun. action of the verb ''to sear'' ¹
4. Noun. cooking food quickly at high temperature ¹
5. Verb. (present participle of sear) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Searing
1. sear [v] - See also: sear
Lexicographical Neighbors of Searing
Literary usage of Searing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American Book Prices Current by Katherine Kyes Leab, Daniel J Leab (1906)
"Sheep (foxed), searing, L., Feb. 27, '06. (1935) $6.75. Stoner and Nathaniel Foster
... Orig. cl., paper labels (one label torn), searing, L., Feb. 27, '06. ..."
2. Long Island Genealogies: Families of Albertson, Andrews, Bedell, Birdsall by Mary Powell (Seaman) Bunker (1895)
"JOHN searing b. 1734, m. Martha Smith, she b. 1 737, and had : Samuel b. Aug.
5, 1 756, m. Phebe Seaman, dau. of Zebulun and Phebe. Sarah b. Apr. 4. 1758. ..."
3. Records of the Town of Newark, New Jersey: From Its Settlement in 1666, to by Newark (N.J.), Newark (N.J. (1864)
"Township Officers Chosen for the ensuing year : Constables—Benjamin S. Jarvis,
Joseph Sayres, David Ball, John searing, Isaac Beach, David Jones, ..."
4. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"... Doctors had clapt on a metal floor artificially heated to the searing-point,
so that he was obliged to march, and did inarch with a vengeance—nowhither. ..."
5. A Treatise on the Law of Life and Accident Insurance: Including Benefit by Frederick Hampden Bacon (1917)
"But see Altmann v. Benz, 27 NJ Eq. 331. 122 Austin v. searing, 16 NY 112; sc 69 Am.
Dec. 665, where valuable note is appended. ..."
6. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory Doctorow (2006)
"Alan stood and confronted him, just out of range of his kicking feet and his
gnashing teeth, and Darrel spat in his face, a searing gob that landed in his ..."
7. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of by Lansing, Abraham, New York (State). Supreme Court (1873)
"searing (10 Abb., 264); Christy v. Murphy (12 How., 77). Also, that the relief
gran tod the plaintiff was too broad, citing Corwin v. Daly (7 Bosw., 225); ..."
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