1. To toast under dry heat
2. To shrivel with heat
3. To dry or shrivel with cold
4. To become dry or scorched
5. To cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat; SYN. scorch, sear.

1. To be burnt on the surface.
2. To burn or be burnt.

(Homonym: cere, seer, sere).
1. To make very hot; SYN. scorch.
2. To cook the surface of quickly with intense heat.

To burn superficially or lightly; SYN. swinge, scorch.