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Meaning of 'scar' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Scar [ n.]
- 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.
- 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.
- An isolated or protruding rock; a steep, rocky eminence; a bare place on the side of a mountain or steep bank of earth.
- A marine food fish, the scarus, or parrot fish.
2 . Scar [ v. i.]
- To form a scar.
3 . Scar [ v. t.]
- To mark with a scar or scars.

Meaning of 'scar' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . scar [ v]
Meaning (1):
- mark with a scar
Example in sentence:
  • The skin disease scarred his face permanently

Nearby Words:

scab scabbard scabbard plane scabbed scabbedness scabbily scabbiness scabbing scabble scabby

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