Crossword clues for searing
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sear \Sear\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Seared; p. pr. & vb. n. Searing.] [OE. seeren, AS. se['a]rian. See Sear, a.]
To wither; to dry up.
--Shak.-
To burn (the surface of) to dryness and hardness; to cauterize; to expose to a degree of heat such as changes the color or the hardness and texture of the surface; to scorch; to make callous; as, to sear the skin or flesh. Also used figuratively.
I'm seared with burning steel.
--Rowe.It was in vain that the amiable divine tried to give salutary pain to that seared conscience.
--Macaulay.The discipline of war, being a discipline in destruction of life, is a discipline in callousness. Whatever sympathies exist are seared.
--H. Spencer.Note: Sear is allied to scorch in signification; but it is applied primarily to animal flesh, and has special reference to the effect of heat in marking the surface hard. Scorch is applied to flesh, cloth, or any other substance, and has no reference to the effect of hardness.
To sear up, to close by searing. ``Cherish veins of good humor, and sear up those of ill.''
--Sir W. Temple.
Wiktionary
1 very hot; blistering or boiling 2 (context of a pain English) having a sensation of intense sudden heat n. 1 action of the verb ''to sear'' 2 cooking food quickly at high temperature v
(present participle of sear English)
Wikipedia
Searing (or pan searing) is a technique used in grilling, baking, braising, roasting, sautéing, etc., in which the surface of the food (usually meat, poultry or fish) is cooked at high temperature until a caramelized crust forms. Similar techniques, browning and blackening, are typically used to sear all sides of a particular piece of meat, fish, poultry, etc. before finishing it in the oven. To obtain the desired brown or black crust, the meat surface must exceed 150 °C (300 °F), so searing requires the meat surface be free of water, which boils at around 100 °C (212 °F).
Although often said to "lock in the moisture" or "seal in the juices", searing has been demonstrated to result in a greater net loss of moisture versus cooking to the same internal temperature without first searing. Nonetheless, it remains an essential technique in cooking meat for several reasons:
- The browning creates desirable flavors through caramelization and the Maillard reaction.
- The appearance of the food is usually improved with a well-browned crust.
- The contrast in taste and texture between the crust and the interior makes the food more interesting to the palate.
Typically in grilling, the food will be seared over very high heat and then moved to a lower-temperature area of the grill to finish cooking. In braising, the seared surface acts to flavor, color and otherwise enrich the liquid in which the food is being cooked.
Usage examples of "searing".
So sweet and searing that it was agony, and so exquisite that it was ecstasy.
And it was wonderful, because she knew that she had not reached that searing splendor alone, that she had been everything he had wanted, that he had filled her, been a part of her, and would be, from now until forever.
Hot, sweet, searing, his tongue plunged deeply into her mouth, where it met and dueled with her own.
She strode up the walkway in a searing temper, but as soon as she reached the door, she remembered that her car was still parked by the office.
Ignoring her cries and her pleas, and taking an ever-increasing pleasure in the wild undulations of her body as he forced a searing burst of ecstasy upon her, tasting the response of her body to his hunger and demand.
His gaze slowly traveled the length of her flawless back, touching the long, slender legs and the rounded hips with eyes that seemed to scorch her with their searing heat.
Her breath caught in her throat as his mouth touched her breast and his searing breath seemed to burn through her garment.
He kissed her long and passionately, his mouth searing and bruising with its insistence.
Aislinn made a strangling, enraged sound beneath his kiss and would not relent to the beckoning excitement of his searing lips.
His lips parted and moved upon hers with a searing hunger she had known only in the privacy of the bedchamber.
One of the plasma streams hit a deuterium tank, searing its way through the foam insulation and titanium shell.
Quinn who featured so powerfully in his dreams, a dark fantasy figure crowned in searing orange flames.
Along both sides of the Zamjan gouts of searing purple flame streaked upwards as the harpoons struck the earth, releasing their colossal kinetic energy in a single devastating burst of heat.
The thought of needles of blazing atmospheric gases searing in over the delicate modules and tanks at this velocity was terrifying.
Then the three barbs of superenergized helium were searing into the ice and rock of the ring.