Synonyms of the word

sere

• adj. Without moisture.
• n. An intermediate stage in an ecosystem prior to advancing to the point of being a climax community.
• adj. (now rare, archaic, dialectal) Set apart; separate; individual; different; diverse; several; many.
• n. (obsolete) Claw; talon.

dry

• adj. Free from or lacking moisture.
• adj. Unable to produce a liquid, as water, (Petrochemistry) oil, or (farming) milk.
• adj. (masonry) Built without or lacking mortar.
• adj. (chemistry) Anhydrous: free from or lacking water in any state, regardless of the presence of other liquid…
• adj. Free from or lacking alcohol or alcoholic beverages.
• adj. (law) Describing an area where sales of alcoholic or strong alcoholic beverages are banned.
• adj. Free from or lacking embellishment or sweetness, particularly.
• adj. (sciences, somewhat pejorative) Involving computations rather than work with biological or chemical matter.
• n. (US) A prohibitionist (of alcoholic beverages).
• n. (especially Australia, with "the") The dry season.
• n. (Australia) An area of waterless country.
• v. (intransitive) To lose moisture.
• v. (transitive) To remove moisture from.
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To be thirsty.

sear

• adj. Dry; withered, especially of vegetation.
• v. To char, scorch, or burn the surface of something with a hot instrument.
• v. To wither; to dry up.
• v. (figuratively) To mark permanently, as if by burning.
• n. A scar produced by searing.
• n. Part of a gun that retards the hammer until the trigger is pulled.

shriveled

• adj. Wrinkled because the volume has reduced while the surface area of the outer layer has remained constant.
• adj. Collapsed in size.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of shrivel.

shrivelled

• adj. Wrinkled because the volume has reduced while the surface area of the outer layer has remained constant.
• adj. Collapsed in size.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of shrivel.

withered

• adj. Shrivelled, shrunken or faded, especially due to lack of water.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of wither.