|
|
scar
|
|
- pronunciation:
- skar
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
the mark that remains on living tissue when a wound or burn has healed, or on a stem when a leaf, flower, or fruit has dropped from a plant.
|
| definition 2: |
any mark left after physical or emotional damage.
scars left by a childhood trauma |
| related words: |
blemish, mark, pit |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
scars, scarring, scarred |
| definition: |
to cause a scar on.
Strip mining scarred the beautiful countryside. |
| related words: |
burn, disfigure, mar, mark |
|
|
| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to leave a scar.
That burn will probably scar. |
| definition 2: |
to become marked with a scar or scars.
Her skin scarred horribly. |
| related words: |
damage |
|
|
|
|