I. adjective
also sear ˈsir
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English sēar dry; akin to Old High German sōrēn to wither, Greek hauos dry, Lithuanian sausas
Date: before 12th century
1. : being dried and withered
2. archaic : threadbare
II. noun
Etymology: Latin series series
Date: 1916
: a series of ecological communities formed in ecological succession