English Explanatory Dictionary

scarf

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A long, often knitted, garment worn around the neck.
  2. A headscarf.
  3. A neckcloth or cravat.
verb
  1. To throw on loosely; to put on like a scarf.
  2. To dress with a scarf, or as with a scarf; to cover with a loose wrapping.
  3. To cover as or like a scarf.
noun
  1. A type of joint in woodworking, formed by two shaped ends that fit into or onto each other.
  2. A groove on one side of a sewing machine needle.
  3. A dip or notch or cut made in the trunk of a tree to direct its fall when felling.
verb
  1. To shape by grinding or oxyfuel torch cutting.
  2. To form a scarf on the end or edge of, as for a joint in timber, forming a "V" groove for welding adjacent metal plates, metal rods, etc.
  3. To unite, as two pieces of timber or metal, by a scarf joint.
verb
  1. To eat very quickly.
noun
  1. A cormorant.
noun
  1. Archaic form of scurf (“skin disease; skin flakes”).

Pronunciation

/skɑːf/ /skɑɹf/ /skɐːf/ En-au-scarf.ogg

Word forms

scarf scarves scarfs scarfing scarfed scarve scart skart

Etymology

Probably from Old Northern French escarpe (compare Old French escharpe (“pilgrim's purse suspended from the neck”), which see). The verb is derived from the noun. Doublet of scrip.

Synonyms

scarf down scarf up scoff guzzle

Derived words

Ascot scarf enscarf head scarf head-scarf infinity scarf Möbius scarf overscarf Palestinian scarf pioneer scarf red scarf scarfable scarfie scarfless scarflike scarfmaker scarfpin scarf-skin scarfwise scarfy scoodie snarf underscarf scarfer scarf and barf scarf down scarf up
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