scar

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Translations 1.2.1.2 Synonyms 1.2.2 Verb 1.2.2.1 Translations 1.2.3 Derived terms 1.2.4 See also 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.4 Anagrams

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑː(r)

[edit] Etymology 1

Conflation of Old French escare "scab" (from Late Latin eschara from Ancient Greek ἐσχάρα (eskhara) "scab left from a burn"); and Middle English skar "incision, cut, fissure" (from Old Norse skarð "notch, chink, gap" from Proto-Germanic *skardas (“‘gap, cut, fragment’”)). Akin to Old Norse skor "notch, score", Old English sceard "gap, cut, notch". More at shard

[edit] Noun

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scar (plural scars)

1. A permanent mark on the skin sometimes caused by the healing of a wound.

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[edit] Synonyms

• cicatrice

[edit] Verb

to scar (third-person singular simple present scars, present participle scarring, simple past and past participle scarred)

1. To mark the skin permanently

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• scar tissue

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• birthmark

[edit] Etymology 2

From old norse sker

[edit] Noun

scar (plural scars)

1. a cliff
2. a rock in the sea breaking out from the surface of the water

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: acrs
• arcs
• cars