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scar1 (skär)
n.
  1. A mark left on the skin after a surface injury or wound has healed.
  2. A lingering sign of damage or injury, either mental or physical: nightmares, anxiety, and other enduring scars of wartime experiences.
  3. Botany. A mark indicating a former attachment, as of a leaf to a stem.
  4. A mark, such as a dent, resulting from use or contact.

v., scarred, scar·ring, scars.

v.tr.
  1. To mark with a scar.
  2. To leave lasting signs of damage on: a wretched childhood that scarred his psyche.
v.intr.
  1. To form a scar: The pustule healed and scarred.
  2. To become scarred: delicate skin that scars easily.

[Middle English, alteration of escare, from Old French, scab, from Late Latin eschara, from Greek eskhara, hearth, scab caused by burning.]


scar2 (skär)
n.
  1. A protruding isolated rock.
  2. A bare rocky place on a mountainside or other steep slope.

[Middle English skerre, from Old Norse sker, low reef.]




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