sear / seer / sere [si:r]
sear – n. & v. – n. – 1. a mark produced by a brand; 2. a gun mechanism that can keep the hammer at half or full cock; v. – dry up, wither
seer – n. – 1. one to whom divine revelations are made in visions, a prophet; 2. an inspector; 3. an East Indian scombroid fish, Cybium guttatum
sere – adj. & n. – adj. thin, worn, withered; n. – 1. in ecology, a series of plant communities, each naturally succeeding the previous one; 2. a claw or talon