

[mahr] Pronunciation Key | 1. | to damage or spoil to a certain extent; render less perfect, attractive, useful, etc.; impair or spoil: That billboard mars the view. The holiday was marred by bad weather. |
| 2. | to disfigure, deface, or scar: The scratch marred the table. |
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(mär) Pronunciation Key
tr.v. marred, mar·ring, mars
n. A disfiguring mark; a blemish. [Middle English merren, from Old English mierran, merran, to impede.] |
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| mar | |
noun | |
| 1. | the month following February and preceding April [syn: March] |
| 2. | a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body); "a facial blemish" [syn: blemish] |
verb | |
| 1. | make imperfect; "nothing marred her beauty" |
| 2. | destroy or injure severely; "mutilated bodies" [syn: mutilate] |
Mar-Mac, NC (CDP, FIPS 41540) Location: 35.33485 N, 78.05604 W
Population (1990): 3282 (1326 housing units)
Area: 11.5 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Bow Mar, CO (town, FIPS 8070) Location: 39.62580 N, 105.05205 W
Population (1990): 854 (304 housing units)
Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 80123
Del Mar, CA (city, FIPS 18506) Location: 32.96490 N, 117.26245 W
Population (1990): 4860 (2514 housing units)
Area: 4.6 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 92014
Loma Mar, CA Zip code(s): 94021
Corona Del Mar, CA Zip code(s): 92625
Rancho Santa Mar, CA Zip code(s): 92688
Sault Sainte Mar, MI Zip code(s): 49783
Boca Del Mar, FL (CDP, FIPS 7235) Location: 26.34460 N, 80.14682 W
Population (1990): 17754 (10353 housing units)
Area: 10.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Rio del Mar, CA (CDP, FIPS 60928) Location: 36.95784 N, 121.88384 W
Population (1990): 8919 (4580 housing units)
Area: 7.7 sq km (land), 4.2 sq km (water)
Mar
Mar\, n. A small lake. See Mere. [Prov. Eng.]Mar
Mar\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Marred (m["a]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Marring.] [OE. marren, merren, AS. merran, myrran (in comp.), to obstruct, impede, dissipate; akin to OS. merrian, OHG. marrjan, merran; cf. D. marren, meeren, to moor a ship, Icel. merja to bruise, crush, and Goth. marzjan to offend. Cf. Moor, v.]1. To make defective; to do injury to, esp. by cutting off or defacing a part; to impair; to disfigure; to deface. I pray you mar no more trees with wiring love songs in their barks. --Shak. But mirth is marred, and the good cheer is lost. --Dryden. Ire, envy, and despair Which marred all his borrowed visage. --Milton. 2. To spoil; to ruin. "It makes us, or it mars us." "Striving to mend, to mar the subject." --Shak.Mar
Mar\, n. A mark or blemish made by bruising, scratching, or the like; a disfigurement.MAR
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