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| scar [ skaar ] |
noun (plural scars) |
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1. mark on skin after damage: a mark left on the skin after a wound, burn, or sore has healed over
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2. mental effect of distressing experience: a lasting effect left on somebody's mind by a personal misfortune or unpleasant experience
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3. mark on surface: a mark on a surface caused by damage
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4. botany mark of former attachment on plant: the mark on a plant indicating the place where a part such as a leaf was formerly attached
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verb (past and past participle scarred, present participle scar·ring, 3rd person present singular scars) |
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1. transitive verb mark somebody or something with scars: to leave somebody or something with a physical or emotional scar
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2. intransitive verb form scar: to form or become marked by a scar
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| [14th century. Directly or via French< late Latin eschara "scab" < Greek eskhara "brazier, scab formed after a burn"] |
