sere
[adjective]
Synonyms: dry, arid, bone-dry, droughty, moistureless, thirsty, unwatered, waterless

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sere noun². [sɪǝ] E20.
[from Latin serere join in a series.]
Ecology. A series of plant (or occas., animal) communities, each naturally succeeding the previous one. Also as 2nd elem. of comb.
hydrosere, lithosere, etc.

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sere adjective. [sɪǝ] Now poet. or literary. Also sear.
[Old English sēar = Middle Low German sōr (Low German soor, Dutch zoor) from Germanic (of the Low German area, but cf. Old High German sōrēn become dry).]
1. Dried up, withered (esp. from old age). OE.
■ Shakespeare Macbeth My way of life Is fall'n into the sear, the yellow leaf. absol.:
■ T. Hardy What earthly woman..would care for a belated friendship with him now in the sere.

2. Of fabric: thin, worn. obsolete exc. dial. E16.

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sere noun¹. [sɪǝ] In sense 1 also sear. M16.
[Old & mod. French serre grasp, lock, bolt, talon, from serrer grasp, hold fast, from Proto-Romance var. of late Latin serare to bar, bolt, from sera bar for a door.]
1. A catch of a gunlock which engages with the notches of the tumbler in order to keep the hammer at full or half cock, and which is released by pressure on the trigger. M16.

2. A claw, a talon. Long arch. E17.

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