scratch, scrape, scar, mark
(noun) an indication of damage
scar, cicatrix, cicatrice
(noun) a mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue
scar, mark, pock, pit
(verb) mark with a scar; “The skin disease scarred his face permanently”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
scar (plural scars)
A permanent mark on the skin, sometimes caused by the healing of a wound.
(by extension) A permanent negative effect on someone's mind, caused by a traumatic experience.
Any permanent mark resulting from damage.
• cicatrice, cicatrix
scar (third-person singular simple present scars, present participle scarring, simple past and past participle scarred)
(transitive) To mark the skin permanently.
(intransitive) To form a scar.
(transitive, figurative) To affect deeply in a traumatic manner.
scar (plural scars)
A cliff or rock outcrop.
A rock in the sea breaking out from the surface of the water.
A bare rocky place on the side of a hill or mountain.
scar (plural scars)
A marine food fish, the scarus or parrotfish (family Scaridae).
• CRAs, RACs, arcs, ascr., cars, csar, sacr-, sarc-
Source: Wiktionary
Scar, n. Etym: [OF. escare, F. eschare an eschar, a dry slough (cf. It. & Sp. escara), L. eschara, fr. Gr. 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.)
Definition: 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, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scarred; p. pr. & vb. n. Scarring.]
Definition: 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, v. i.
Definition: To form a scar.
Scar, n. Etym: [Scot. scar, scaur, Icel. sker a skerry, an isolated rock in the sea; akin to Dan. skiær, Sw. skär. Cf. Skerry.]
Definition: 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, n. Etym: [L. scarus, a kind of fish, Gr. ska`ros.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: A marine food fish, the scarus, or parrot fish.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
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