What does sere mean?
Definitions for sere
sɪərsere
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Princeton's WordNet
dried-up, sere, sear, shriveled, shrivelled, witheredadjective
(used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture
"dried-up grass"; "the desert was edged with sere vegetation"; "shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings"; "withered vines"
Wiktionary
serenoun
An intermediate stage in an ecosystem prior to advancing to the point of being a climax community.
sereadjective
Without moisture.
1867 CE: Henry Lonsdale, The worthies of Cumberland
Etymology: From seer, from sear.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Sereadjective
Dry; withered; no longer green. See Sear.
Etymology: searian , Saxon, to dry.
The muses, that were wont green bays to wear,
Now bringen bitter elder-branches sere. Edmund Spenser.He is deformed, crooked, old, and sere,
Ill-fac’d, worse bodied, shapeless every where;
Vicious, ungentle. William Shakespeare, Comedy of Errours.Ere this diurnal star
Leave cold the night, how we his gather’d beams
Reflected, may with matter sere foment. John Milton.They sere wood from the rotten hedges took,
And seeds of latent fire from flints provoke. Dryden.On a sere branch,
Low bending to the bank, I sat me down,
Musing and still. Nicholas Rowe, Royal Convert.Serenoun
Claw; talon.
Etymology: Can it come, like sheers, from scyran , Saxon, to cut?
Two eagles,
That, mounted on the winds, together still
Their strokes extended; but arriving now
Amidst the council, over every brow
Shook their thick wings, and threatning death’s cold fears,
Their necks and cheeks tore with their eager seres. George Chapman.
ChatGPT
sere
A sere is a stage in the ecological succession of a plant community advancing towards its climax community, a relatively stable and final stage. It includes all the changes in species composition and community structure that occur over time during succession.
Webster Dictionary
Sereadjective
[OE. seer, AS. sear (assumed) fr. searian to wither; akin to D. zoor dry, LG. soor, OHG. sor/n to to wither, Gr. a"y`ein to parch, to dry, Skr. /ush (for sush) to dry, to wither, Zend hush to dry. Ã152. Cf. Austere, Sorrel, a.] Dry; withered; no longer green; -- applied to leaves.
Sereadjective
dry; withered. Same as Sear
Serenoun
claw; talon
Etymology: [OE. seer, AS. ser (assumed) fr. serian to wither; akin to D. zoor dry, LG. soor, OHG. sorn to wither, Gr. a"y`ein to parch, to dry, Skr. ush (for sush) to dry, to wither, Zend hush to dry. 152. Cf. Austere, Sorrel, a.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Sere
Same as Sear.
Sere
sēr, adj. (obs.) separate, several, many.
Sere
sēr, n. (obs.) a claw.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of sere in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of sere in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of sere in a Sentence
It is not growing like a tree in bulk doth make man better be; Or standing long an oak, three hundred year, To fall a log at last, dry, bald, and sere, A lily of a day is fairer in May Although it fall and die that night, It was the plant of flower and light, In small proportions we just beauties see; And in short measures, life may perfect be.
It is not growing like a tree in bulk doth make man better be Or standing long an oak, three hundred year, To fall a log at last, dry, bald, and sere, A lily of a day is fairer in May Although it fall and die that night, It was the plant of flower and light, In small proportions we just beauties see And in short measures, life may perfect be.
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