Sekirov Dictionary

scar

UK /skɑː(ɹ)/US /skɑɹ/

noun 7
verb 3
forms 4

noun7

a mark that stays on the skin for life where a deep wound or a burn has closed
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A permanent negative effect on someone's mind, caused by a traumatic experience.
- Thus, it is wise to avoid cultivating an emotional scar, as it can play havoc with your happiness and success. — 2011
•
Any permanent mark resulting from damage.
- Her age-old weapons, flood and fire, left scars on the canyon which time will never efface. — 1961
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A cliff or rock outcrop.
- O hark, O hear! how thin and clear, / ⁠And thinner, clearer, farther going! / O sweet and far from cliff and scar / ⁠The horns of Elfland faintly blowing! — 1847
A rock in the sea breaking out from the surface of the water.
A bare rocky place on the side of a hill or mountain.
A marine food fish, the scarus or parrotfish (family Scaridae).

verb3

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To mark the skin permanently.
- Yet I'll not shed her blood; / Nor scar that whiter skin of hers than snow. — 1603
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To form a scar.
- And black skin scars badly. Whatʼs left behind stays pink and angry, always. — 2002
•
(figurative) To affect deeply in a traumatic manner.
- Seeing his parents die in a car crash scarred him for life.

forms

scarred · scarring · scarreth · scars

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