- scar
- scarscar1 [skär]n.[ME, aphetic < MFr escarre < LL eschara < Gr, orig., fireplace, brazier]1. a mark left on the skin or other tissue after a wound, burn, ulcer, pustule, lesion, etc. has healed; cicatrix2. a similar mark or cicatrix on a plant, as one on a stem where a leaf was attached3. a marring or disfiguring mark on anything4. the lasting mental or emotional effects of suffering or anguishvt.scarred, scarringto mark with or as with a scarvi.to form a scar in healingscar2 [skär]n.[ME skerre < ON sker: for IE base see SHEAR] Brit.1. a precipitous rocky place or cliff2. a projecting or isolated rock, as in the sea
English World dictionary. V. Neufeldt. 2014.