• Searing

    Pronunciation

    • Rhymes: -ɪərɪŋ

    Adjective

    searing
    1. very hot; blistering or boiling
    2. (of a pain) having a sensation of intense sudden heat

    Full definition of searing

    Noun

    searing

    (plural searings)
    1. action of the verb to sear
      • Peake Gormenghasthe was raw with the searings of the fire
      • 1970, Ebony (volume 25, number 10, August 1970, page 156)It was the time of new searings of black identity deep within the psyche of the black community.
    2. cooking food quickly at high temperature

    Verb

    searing
    1. Present participle of sear
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