sear (v.)
- attaint
- attenuate
- bake
- barbecue
- baste
- bedaub
- besmear
- besmirch
- blacken
- blanch
- blaze
- blister
- blot
- blur
- boil
- braise
- brand
- brew
- broil
- brown
- brush
- burn
- cast
- cauterize
- char
- coal
- coddle
- consume
- cook
- crack
- cure
- curry
- darken
- daub
- dehumidify
- dehydrate
- desiccate
- devil
- diminish
- dirty
- discolor
- do
- drain
- droop
- dry
- emaciate
- evaporate
- exsiccate
- fade
- fire
- flag
- flame
- found
- fricassee
- frizz
- frizzle
- fry
- griddle
- grill
- heat
- insolate
- languish
- macerate
- mark
- mummify
- oxidate
- oxidize
- pan
- pan-broil
- parboil
- parch
- pine
- poach
- prepare
- roast
- rub
- saute
- scald
- scallop
- scorch
- shirr
- shrink
- shrivel
- simmer
- singe
- sizzle
- slur
- smear
- smirch
- smoke
- soil
- solder
- sponge
- stain
- steam
- stew
- stigmatize
- sun
- sunburn
- swab
- swinge
- taint
- tarnish
- thin
- toast
- towel
- vesicate
- vulcanize
- waste
- weld
- wilt
- wipe
- wither
sear (adj.)
- adust
- air-dry
- attenuate
- attenuated
- baked
- blaze
- brew
- brown
- burn
- burnt
- cast
- coal
- consumed
- corky
- crack
- cure
- dehydrated
- desiccate
- desiccated
- devil
- dirty
- do
- dried
- dried-up
- dry
- emaciated
- evaporated
- fire
- flame
- found
- heat
- mark
- pan
- parched
- pine
- roast
- rub
- saute
- scorched
- seared
- sere
- shriveled
- shrunken
- soil
- sun-dried
- sunbaked
- thin
- waste
- wasted
- withered
- wizen
- wizened