Mar Definition

mär
marred, marring, mars
verb
marred, marring, mars
To injure or damage so as to make imperfect, less attractive, etc.; spoil; impair; disfigure.
Webster's New World
To inflict damage, especially disfiguring damage, on.
American Heritage
To impair the soundness, perfection, or integrity of; spoil.
American Heritage

To spoil, to damage.

Wiktionary
Antonyms:
noun
mars
A disfiguring mark; a blemish.
American Heritage
Something that mars; an injury or blemish.
Webster's New World

A small lake.

Wiktionary
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
abbreviation
Marine.
Webster's New World
Maritime.
Webster's New World
Married.
Webster's New World
March.
Webster's New World

Origin of Mar

  • Middle English merren from Old English mierran, merran to impede

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • See mere.

    From Wiktionary

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