scar

scar¹ [ska: US ska:r] n

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1¦(mark on skin)¦

2¦(feeling)¦

3¦(damaged area)¦

4¦(cliff)¦

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[Date: 1300-1400; : Old French; Origin: escare, from Late Latin eschara, from Greek]

1.) ¦(MARK ON SKIN)¦

a permanent mark that is left on your skin after you have had a cut or wound

▪ He had a long, curved scar on his right cheek.

▪ a deep cut that could leave a permanent scar

2.) ¦(FEELING)¦

a feeling of fear or sadness that remains with you for a long time after an unpleasant experience

▪ Her mental scars will take time to heal.

▪ The war has left a deep scar on this community.

3.) ¦(DAMAGED AREA)¦

a place where the land or a building was damaged in the past

scar of

▪ The landscape still bears the scars of the war.

4.) ¦(CLIFF)¦

BrE a cliff on the side of a mountain

scar ²

scar² past tense and past participle scarred present participle scarring

v [T]

1.) if a wound or cut scars you, it leaves a permanent mark on your body

▪ His hands were badly scarred by the fire.

▪ She will probably be scarred for life .

2.) if an unpleasant experience scars you, it leaves you with a feeling of sadness or fear that continues for a long time

▪ She was profoundly scarred by her father's suicide.

3.) to spoil the appearance of something

▪ huge quarries that scar the landscape