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Webster 1913 Edition

Scar

Scar

,
Noun.
[OF.
escare
, F.
eschare
an eschar, a dry slough (cf. It. & Sp.
escara
), L.
eschara
, fr. Gr. [GREEK] hearth, fireplace, scab, eschar. Cf.
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.)
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

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Scarred
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Scarring
.]
To mark with a scar or scars.
Yet I’ll not shed her blood;
Nor
scar
that whiter skin of hers than snow.
Shakespeare
His cheeks were deeply
scarred
.
Macaulay.

Scar

,
Verb.
I.
To form a scar.

Scar

,
Noun.
[Scot.
scar
,
scaur
, Icel.
sker
a skerry, an isolated rock in the sea; akin to Dan.
skiaer
, Sw.
skär
. Cf.
Skerry
.]
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

,
Noun.
[L.
scarus
, a kind of fish, Gr.
σκάρος
.]
(Zool.)
A marine food fish, the scarus, or parrot fish.

Webster 1828 Edition

Scar

SC'AR

,
Noun.
1.
A mark in the skin or flesh of an animal made by a wound or an ulcer, and remaining after the wound or ulcer is healed. The soldier is proud of his scars.
2.
Any mark or injury; a blemish.
The earth had the beauty of youth - and not a wrinkle, scar or fracture on its body.
3.
[L. scarus; Gr.] A fish of the Labrus kind.

SC'AR

,
Verb.
T.
To mark with a scar.

Definition 2024

scar

scar

English

Noun

scar ‎(plural scars)

  1. A permanent mark on the skin sometimes caused by the healing of a wound.
Translations
Synonyms

Verb

scar ‎(third-person singular simple present scars, present participle scarring, simple past and past participle scarred)

  1. (transitive) To mark the skin permanently.
    • Shakespeare
      Yet I'll not shed her blood; / Nor scar that whiter skin of hers than snow.
  2. (intransitive) To form a scar.
  3. (transitive, figuratively) To affect deeply in a traumatic manner.
    Seeing his parents die in a car crash scarred him for life.
Translations

Derived terms

See also

Etymology 2

From Old Norse sker.

Noun

scar ‎(plural scars)

  1. A cliff.
  2. A rock in the sea breaking out from the surface of the water.
Translations

Etymology 3

Latin scarus ‎(“a kind of fish”), from Ancient Greek σκάρος ‎(skáros, “parrot-wrasse, Scarus cretensis”).

Noun

scar ‎(plural scars)

  1. A marine food fish, the scarus or parrotfish.

Anagrams

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish scaraid.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈskaɾˠ/

Verb

scar ‎(present analytic scarann, future analytic scarfaidh, verbal noun scaradh, past participle scartha)

  1. to sever
  2. to separate
  3. to tear asunder

Conjugation

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • soscartha ‎(“easily separated; isolable”, adjective)

Old Irish

Alternative forms

  • ·scart

Verb

·scar

  1. third-person singular preterite conjunct of scaraid

Etymology

Conflation of Old French escare ‎(“scab”) (from Late Latin eschara, from Ancient Greek ἐσχάρα ‎(eskhára, “scab left from a burn”)); and Middle English skar ‎(“incision, cut, fissure”) (from Old Norse skarð ‎(“notch, chink, gap”), from Proto-Germanic *skardaz ‎(“gap, cut, fragment”)). Akin to Old Norse skor ‎(“notch, score”), Old English sceard ‎(“gap, cut, notch”). More at shard.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: skär, IPA(key): /skɑɹ/
    • (UK) IPA(key): [skɑː(ɹ)]
    • (US) IPA(key): [skɑɹ], [skɑ˞]
  • Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)

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