scar
🇺🇸
/skɑːr/
🇬🇧
/skɑː(r)/
noun
R
A mark left on the skin after a wound heals.
The cut on her arm left a small scar.
R
A lasting sad feeling from a bad experience.
The accident left an emotional scar that never faded.
R
Something ugly that damages how something looks.
The graffiti is a scar on the beautiful building.
R
A bare rock area on a hill or cliff.
We saw a large scar on the mountain where rocks had fallen.
verb
R
To leave a mark on the skin after healing.
The deep cut will likely scar his face.
R
To leave someone with lasting sadness.
The traumatic event scarred him deeply.
R
To damage how something looks.
Mining operations scar the landscape with deep pits.
translation
A mark left on the skin after a wound heals.; A lasting sad feeling from a bad experience.; Something ugly that damages how something looks.; A bare rock area on a hill or cliff.
To leave a mark on the skin after healing.; To leave someone with lasting sadness.; To damage how something looks.
Word Forms
3rd Present
scars
Past
scarred
Perfect
scarred
Progressive
scarring
Plural
scars