sere

¹sere

adj \ˈsir\

Definition of SERE

1

: being dried and withered

2

archaic : threadbare

Variants of SERE

sere also sear \ˈsir\

Examples of SERE

1. <a sere region that can't support agriculture>

Origin of SERE

Middle English, from Old English sēar dry; akin to Old High German sōrēn to wither, Greek hauos dry, Lithuanian sausas

First Known Use: before 12th century

Related to SERE

Synonyms: arid, droughty, dry (also sear), thirsty, waterless

Antonyms: damp, dank, humid, moist, wet

Related Words: air-dry; bone-dry, hyperarid, ultradry; baked, dehydrated, parched, sunbaked; rainless; desert, desertic, desertlike, xerothermic

Near Antonyms: awash, bathed, doused (also dowsed), drenched, dripping, saturated, soaked, soaking, sodden, soggy, sopping, soppy, soused, washed, watered, waterlogged, watery; deluged, drowned, flooded, inundated, overflowed; submerged, swamped; hydrated

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Rhymes with SERE

beer, bier, blear, cere, cheer, clear, dear, deer, Deere, drear, ear, fear, fere, fleer, gear, hear, here, jeer, leer, mere, mir, near, peer, pier, Pierre, queer, rear, schmear, sear, seer, shear, sheer, skirr, smear, sneer, spear, speer, sphere, steer, tear, tier, Trier, Tyr, veer, weir, year