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scar
1[ skahr ]
noun
- a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- a lasting aftereffect of trouble, especially a lasting psychological injury resulting from suffering or trauma.
- any blemish remaining as a trace of or resulting from injury or use.
- Botany. a mark indicating a former point of attachment, as where a leaf has fallen from a stem.
verb (used with object)
- to mark with a scar.
verb (used without object)
- to form a scar in healing.
scar
2[ skahr ]
noun
- a precipitous, rocky place; cliff.
- a low or submerged rock in the sea.
scar
1/ skɑː /
noun
- any mark left on the skin or other tissue following the healing of a wound
- a permanent change in a person's character resulting from emotional distress
his wife's death left its scars on him
- the mark on a plant indicating the former point of attachment of a part, esp the attachment of a leaf to a stem
- a mark of damage; blemish
verb
- to mark or become marked with a scar
- intr to heal leaving a scar
scar
2/ skɑː /
noun
- an irregular enlongated trench-like feature on a land surface that often exposes bedrock
- a similar formation in a river or sea
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- scar·less adjective
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Example Sentences
A scar marks her right wrist where the bullet hit her eight months ago.
He lifted his t-shirt and showed us a long scar, running from sternum to waistband.
[points to above the knee] The scar looks like a shark bite.
Prinze loves Star Wars and has a big scar on his chin to prove it.
One runner in Houston now has a permanent, hoof-shaped scar in the center of his forehead.
He has an ugly scar—a knife-cut—across the back of one hand; you can't mistake him if you get sight of him.
There was a scar in the shape of a cross on the man's swarthy cheek, and it glowed redly with the anger that filled him.
He was a dark, somber looking man with a particularly ugly scar on his chin.
Anyhow, when McKibben saw him after the team was stopped, there was that cross-shaped scar, plain as anything.
Brutus was getting well, but there would always be a scar on his shoulder, where the sharp-pointed shrub had entered the flesh.
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