scar
The definition of a scar is a mark left on the skin after it heals, or a sign of mental or physical damage.
(noun)- An example of a scar is a line on a fingertip after a paper cut.
- An example of a scar is a dent on a car.
See scar in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- a mark left on the skin or other tissue after a wound, burn, ulcer, pustule, lesion, etc. has healed; cicatrix
- a similar mark or cicatrix on a plant, as one on a stem where a leaf was attached
- a marring or disfiguring mark on anything
- the lasting mental or emotional effects of suffering or anguish
Origin: ME, aphetic < MFr escarre < LL eschara < Gr, orig., fireplace, brazier
intransitive verb
noun
- a precipitous rocky place or cliff
- a projecting or isolated rock, as in the sea
Origin: ME skerre < ON sker: for IE base see shear
See scar in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- A mark left on the skin after a surface injury or wound has healed.
- A lingering sign of damage or injury, either mental or physical: nightmares, anxiety, and other enduring scars of wartime experiences.
- Botany A mark indicating a former attachment, as of a leaf to a stem.
- A mark, such as a dent, resulting from use or contact.
- To mark with a scar.
- To leave lasting signs of damage on: a wretched childhood that scarred his psyche.
- To form a scar: The pustule healed and scarred.
- To become scarred: delicate skin that scars easily.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English
Origin: , alteration of escare
Origin: , from Old French, scab
Origin: , from Late Latin eschara
Origin: , from Greek eskhara, hearth, scab caused by burning
.noun
- A protruding isolated rock.
- A bare rocky place on a mountainside or other steep slope.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English skerre
Origin: , from Old Norse sker, low reef; see sker-1 in Indo-European roots
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