1.  scar(n = noun.state) cicatrice, cicatrix - a mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue;
is a kind of symptom
has particulars: callus, cheloid, keloid, pockmark, sword-cut, vaccination
Derived forms verb scar₁, verb scarify₁

2.  scar(n = noun.attribute) mark, scrape, scratch - an indication of damage;
is a kind of blemish, defect, mar
Derived form verb scar₁

   scar(v = verb.contact) mark, pit, pock - mark with a scar; "The skin disease scarred his face permanently"
is one way to blemish, deface, disfigure
Derived forms noun scar₂, noun scar₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something

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. [1913 Webster]
"This earth had the beauty of youth, . . . and not a wrinkle, scar, or fracture on all its body." [1913 Webster]

2.  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. [1913 Webster]

   To mark with a scar or scars. [1913 Webster]
"Yet I'll not shed her blood;
Nor scar that whiter skin of hers than snow." [1913 Webster]
"His cheeks were deeply scarred." [1913 Webster]

   To form a scar. [1913 Webster]

   An isolated or protruding rock; a steep, rocky eminence; a bare place on the side of a mountain or steep bank of earth. [1913 Webster]
"O sweet and far, from cliff and scar,
The horns of Elfland faintly blowing." [1913 Webster]

   A marine food fish, the scarus, or parrot fish. [1913 Webster]

scar, n. & v.
--n.
1 a usu. permanent mark on the skin left after the healing of a wound, burn, or sore.
2 the lasting effect of grief etc. on a person's character or disposition.
3 a mark left by damage etc. (the table bore many scars).
4 a mark left on the stem etc. of a plant by the fall of a leaf etc.
--v. (scarred, scarring)
1 tr. (esp. as scarred adj.) mark with a scar or scars (was scarred for life).
2 intr. heal over; form a scar.
3 tr. form a scar on.

Derivative:
scarless adj.

scar, n. (also scaur) a steep craggy outcrop of a mountain or cliff.

Etymology:
ME f. ON sker low reef in the sea

N  blemish, disfigurement, deformity, adactylism, flaw, defect, injury, spots on the sun, eyesore, stain, blot, spot, spottiness, speck, speckle, blur, tarnish, smudge, dirt, freckle, mole, macula, patch, blotch, birthmark, blobber lip, blubber lip, blain, maculation, scar, wem, pustule, whelk, excrescence, pimple, pitted, freckled, discolored, imperfect, blobber-lipped, bloodshot, injured.

N  land, earth, ground, dry land, terra firma, continent, mainland, peninsula, chersonese, delta, tongue of land, neck of land, isthmus, oasis, promontory, highland, coast, shore, scar, strand, beach, playa, bank, lea, seaboard, seaside, seabank, seacoast, seabeach, ironbound coast, loom of the land, derelict, innings, alluvium, alluvion, ancon, riverbank, river bank, levee, soil, glebe, clay, loam, marl, cledge, chalk, gravel, mold, subsoil, clod, clot, rock, crag, acres, real estate, landsman, earthy, continental, midland, coastal, littoral, riparian, alluvial, terrene, landed, predial, territorial, geophilous, ripicolous, ashore, on shore, on land.

N  record, trace, vestige, relic, remains, scar, cicatrix, footstep, footmark, footprint, pug, track mark, wake, trail, scent, piste, monument, hatchment, slab, tablet, trophy, achievement, obelisk, pillar, column, monolith, memorial, memento, testimonial, medal, commemoration, record, note, minute, register, registry, roll, cartulary, diptych, Domesday book, catalogue raisonne, entry, memorandum, indorsement, inscription, copy, duplicate, docket, notch, muniment, deed, document, deposition, proces verbal, affidavit, certificate, notebook, memorandum book, memo book, pocketbook, commonplace book, portfolio, pigeonholes, excerpta, adversaria, jottings, dottings, gazette, gazetteer, newspaper, daily, magazine, almanac, almanack, calendar, ephemeris, diary, log, journal, daybook, ledger, cashbook, petty cashbook, professional journal, scientific literature, the literature, primary literature, secondary literature, article, review article, archive, scroll, state paper, return, blue book, statistics, compte rendu, Acts of, Transactions of, Proceedings of, Hansard's Debates, chronicle, annals, legend, history, biography, Congressional Records, registration, registry, enrollment, inrollment, tabulation, entry, booking, signature, recorder, journalism, recording, tape recording, videotape, compact disk, floppy disk, diskette, hard disk, Winchester disk, read-only memory, ROM, write once read mostly memory, WORM, on record, exegi monumentum aere perennium, read their history in a nation's eyes, records that defy the tooth of time.

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