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scar

1  [skahr] noun, verb, scarred, scar⋅ring.
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–noun
1. a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
2. a lasting aftereffect of trouble, esp. a lasting psychological injury resulting from suffering or trauma.
3. any blemish remaining as a trace of or resulting from injury or use.
4. Botany. a mark indicating a former point of attachment, as where a leaf has fallen from a stem.
–verb (used with object)
5. to mark with a scar.
–verb (used without object)
6. to form a scar in healing.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME; aph. var. of eschar

Related forms:
scarless, adjective
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2  [skahr]
–noun British.
1. a precipitous, rocky place; cliff.
2. a low or submerged rock in the sea.
Origin:
1300–50; ME skerre < ON sker skerry
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scar 1   (skär)   
n.  
  1. A mark left on the skin after a surface injury or wound has healed.
  2. A lingering sign of damage or injury, either mental or physical: nightmares, anxiety, and other enduring scars of wartime experiences.
  3. Botany A mark indicating a former attachment, as of a leaf to a stem.
  4. A mark, such as a dent, resulting from use or contact.
v.   scarred, scar·ring, scars

v.   tr.
  1. To mark with a scar.
  2. To leave lasting signs of damage on: a wretched childhood that scarred his psyche.
v.   intr.
  1. To form a scar: The pustule healed and scarred.
  2. To become scarred: delicate skin that scars easily.

[Middle English, alteration of escare, from Old French, scab, from Late Latin eschara, from Greek eskhara, hearth, scab caused by burning.]
scar 2   (skär)   
n.  
  1. A protruding isolated rock.
  2. A bare rocky place on a mountainside or other steep slope.

[Middle English skerre, from Old Norse sker, low reef; see sker-1 in Indo-European roots.]
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Scar

Scar\, n. [OF. escare, F. eschare an eschar, a dry slough (cf. It. & Sp. escara), L. eschara, fr. Gr. ? hearth, fireplace, scab, eschar. Cf. Eschar.]

1. A mark in the skin or flesh of an animal, made by a wound or ulcer, and remaining after the wound or ulcer is healed; a cicatrix; a mark left by a previous injury; a blemish; a disfigurement.

This earth had the beauty of youth, . . . and not a wrinkle, scar, or fracture on all its body. --T. Burnet.

2. (Bot.) A mark left upon a stem or branch by the fall of a leaf, leaflet, or frond, or upon a seed by the separation of its support. See Illust.. under Axillary.

Scar

Scar\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scarred; p. pr. & vb. n. Scarring.] To mark with a scar or scars.

Yet I'll not shed her blood; Nor scar that whiter skin of hers than snow. --Shak.

His cheeks were deeply scarred. --Macaulay.

Scar

Scar\, v. i. To form a scar.

Scar

Scar\, n. [Scot. scar, scaur, Icel. sker a skerry, an isolated rock in the sea; akin to Dan. ski[ae]r, Sw. sk["a]r. Cf. Skerry.] An isolated or protruding rock; a steep, rocky eminence; a bare place on the side of a mountain or steep bank of earth. [Written also scaur.]

O sweet and far, from cliff and scar, The horns of Elfland faintly blowing. --Tennyson.

Scar

Scar\, n. [L. scarus, a kind of fish, Gr. ska`ros.] (Zo["o]l.) A marine food fish, the scarus, or parrot fish.
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Language Translation for : scar
Spanish: cicatriz,
German: die Narbe,
Japanese: 傷跡
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scar  (n.)
1388, from O.Fr. escare "scab," from L.L. eschara, from Gk. eskhara "scab formed after a burn," lit. "hearth, fireplace," of unknown origin. Eng. sense probably infl. by M.E. skar (1390) "crack, cut, incision," from O.N. skarð, related to score. Fig. sense attested from 1583. The verb is first recorded 1555.
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Main Entry: 1scar
Pronunciation: 'skär
Function: noun
1 : a mark left (as in the skin) by the healing of injured tissue
2 : a lasting emotional injury scars>

Main Entry: 2scar
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: scarred; scar·ring
transitive senses
: to mark with a scar<scarred heart valves> scar intransitive senses
1 : to form a scar
2 : to become scarred
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scar (skär)
n.
The fibrous tissue that replaces normal tissue destroyed by injury or disease. v. scarred, scar·ring, scars

  1. To mark with a scar or become marked with a scar.
  2. To form scar.

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