Sere

Quick meaning: Sere is an adjective meaning (ecology) A natural succession of animal or plant communities in an ecosystem, especially a series of communities succeeding one another from the time a habitat is unoccupied to the point when a climax community is achieved.

Meaning

(ecology) A natural succession of animal or plant communities in an ecosystem, especially a series of communities succeeding one another from the time a habitat is unoccupied to the point when a climax community is achieved.

More Meanings

1. (archaic or literary, poetic) Without moisture; dry.
2. (archaic or literary, poetic) Of thoughts, etc.: barren, fruitless.
3. (obsolete) Of fabrics: threadbare, worn out.
4. (obsolete) A claw, a talon.
5. (obsolete or British, dialectal) Individual, separate, set apart.
6. (obsolete or British, dialectal) Different; diverse.

Example Sentences

[…] a blighted land / More wasted, serer than before.

Our talk had been serious and sober, But our thoughts they were palsied and sere— Our memories were treacherous and sere—

The autumn winds rushing / Waft the leaves that are searest, / But our flower was in flushing, / When blighting was nearest.

The roaring wind! it roar'd far off, / It did not come anear; / But with its sound it shook the sails / That were so thin and sere.

Word Forms

• serer
• serest
• seres

Synonyms for sere

Depending on context, synonyms include sare, sear, anhydrous, bone dry, dry, exsuccous.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include dry, withered, shrivelled, shriveled, sear, withering.

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