English Explanatory Dictionary

scar

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A permanent mark on the skin, sometimes caused by the healing of a wound.
  2. A permanent negative effect on someone's mind, caused by a traumatic experience.
  3. Any permanent mark resulting from damage.
verb
  1. To mark the skin permanently.
  2. To form a scar.
  3. To affect deeply in a traumatic manner.
noun
  1. A cliff or rock outcrop.
  2. A rock in the sea breaking out from the surface of the water.
  3. A bare rocky place on the side of a hill or mountain.
noun
  1. A marine food fish, the scarus or parrotfish (family Scaridae).

Pronunciation

skär /skɑɹ/ /skɑː(ɹ)/ en-ca-scar.ogg

Word forms

scar scars scarring scarred

Etymology

From Middle English scar, scarre, a conflation of Old French escare (“scab”) (from Late Latin eschara, from Ancient Greek ἐσχάρα (eskhára, “scab left from a burn”), and thus a doublet of eschar) and Middle English skar (“incision, cut, fissure”) (from Old Norse skarð (“notch, chink, gap”), from Proto-Germanic *skardaz (“gap, cut, fragment”)). Akin to Old Norse skor (“notch, score”), Old English sċeard (“gap, cut, notch”). More at shard. Displaced native Old English dolg, dolgswæþ, and wundswaþu (“scar”). Not related to scarify.

Synonyms

cicatrice cicatrix

Related words

birthmark

Derived words

fire scar labelscar leaf scar Red Scar scarface scarless scarlike scar limestone scarproof scarry scar tissue scar tree top scar trial of scar battle-scarred nonscarring scarrer scarringly Preston-under-Scar
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