blemish, defect, mar
(noun) a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person’s body); “a facial blemish”
March, Mar
(noun) the month following February and preceding April
mutilate, mar
(verb) destroy or injure severely; “mutilated bodies”
mar, impair, spoil, deflower, vitiate
(verb) make imperfect; “nothing marred her beauty”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
MAR (uncountable)
Initialism of modified aspect ratio.
• AMR, ARM, Arm, Arm., MRA, RAM, RMA, Ram, arm, ram
mar (third-person singular simple present mars, present participle marring, simple past and past participle marred)
(transitive) To spoil; to ruin; to scathe; to damage.
mar (plural mars)
A blemish.
mar (plural mars)
A small lake.
• AMR, ARM, Arm, Arm., MRA, RAM, RMA, Ram, arm, ram
Mar
Alternative form of Mar.
Mar
An earldom in the Scottish peerage.
Mar (plural Mars)
A title of respect in Syriac, given to all saints and also used before the Christian names of bishops.
• AMR, ARM, Arm, Arm., MRA, RAM, RMA, Ram, arm, ram
Source: Wiktionary
Mar, n.
Definition: A small lake. See Mere. [Prov. Eng.]
Mar, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Marred (märd); p. pr. & vb. n. Marring.] Etym: [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, n.
Definition: A mark or blemish made by bruising, scratching, or the like; a disfigurement.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
20 December 2024
(verb) commit fraud and steal from one’s employer; “We found out that she had been fiddling for years”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
