scar1 nounscar2 verb
scarscar1 /skɑː $ skɑːr/ ●●○ noun [countable] 
WORD ORIGINscar1
Origin:
1300-1400 Old French escare, from Late Latin eschara, from GreekEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- He had a scar across his forehead from hitting his head on the bottom of a swimming pool.
- They say the wound's quite deep, and will probably leave a scar.
- Doctors originally estimated Willie would miss six weeks to two months, and who knew what sort of psychological scars might linger?
- His facial scars radiating ridges pigmented with tar or carbon pictured some many-legged mutant spider.
- The scars on his left cheek seeped a pale blood.
- The best way to get scars to fade is to leave them alone.
- This fossil bark is typified by its lozenge-shaped leaf scars arranged in spiral rows.
- We hear also that Ahab had previously received his scar from lightning during such a storm.
- What scars deformed him, so that even you, who stand for him in the courtroom, are repulsed by him?
- You may be carrying the scars of lost battles and broken dreams.
THESAURUSa mark on your skin
a mark on your skin that spoils its appearance: · John grew a beard to hide the blemishes on his chin.
a small dark, sometimes raised, mark on your skin: · Some moles may become cancerous.· Helena found a mole on her arm which had definitely not been there before.
small light brown marks on your skin, especially on your face but also on your arms, shoulders etc: · She had a light sprinkling of freckles across her nose.
a permanent mark on your skin that you have had since you were born: · There was a small birthmark on her left cheek.
a purple or brown mark on your skin that you get because you have fallen or been hit: · Her legs were covered in cuts and bruises.
a permanent mark on your skin, caused by a cut or by something that burns you: · The injury left a small scar on his forehead.
(also spot British English) a small raised red mark or lump on your skin, which usually appears when a child is between 12 and 18 years old: · When I was a teenager I had terrible spots.· The boy had a few pimples under his chin.
a small hard raised mark on your skin caused by a virus: · His face was covered in hairy warts.
a small area of skin that is swollen and full of liquid because it has been rubbed or burned: · There was a blister on his arm where the boiling milk had splashed him.
an area of small red spots on your skin, caused by an illness or an allergy: · I can’t eat strawberries - they give me a rash.
Longman Language Activatora mark on someone's skin a small area of skin that is a different colour from the rest of someone's skin: · He had two little marks on his face where his glasses had been.· She squeezed me so hard, she left a mark on my arm.
also spot British, /zit informal a small raised red mark, especially on someone's face, that appears suddenly and remains for a short time, often on young people: · He had a large red pimple on his nose.· When she was younger she had lovely skin, except for the occasional spot.· I can't go out tonight with this zit on my face!come out in spots: · Call the doctor if you come out in spots or rashes.
a very small, light-brown mark, usually on the face and arms, which some light-skinned people have from birth or get when they spend time in the sun: · Sarah had freckles and red hair.
a permanent mark left after a cut or wound has become healthy again: · He had a scar across his forehead from hitting his head on the bottom of a swimming pool.leave a scar: · They say the wound's quite deep, and will probably leave a scar.
a purple or brown mark on your skin that you get because you have fallen, been hit etc: · How did you get that bruise on your shoulder?· I banged into the shelf so hard that I got an ugly purple bruise on my hip.
a large coloured mark caused by illness: · He had no idea what was causing the red blotches on his skin.· I first noticed the purple blotches on my neck on Thursday.
a small mark that spoils the appearance of someone's skin: · Her skin was perfect -- not a blemish on it.
a mark, usually red or brown, which is on someone's skin when they are born and remains there all their life: · The police identified the girl from a birthmark on her leg.
WORD SETSabyss, nounalluvial, adjectivealluvium, nounalpine, adjectiveAmerican, adjectiveAntarctica, anticyclone, nounarchipelago, nounArctic, adjectivearid, adjectiveAsia, atlas, nounatoll, nounAustralasia, Australasian, adjectiveAustralia, avalanche, nounaxis, nounbank, nounbarometer, nounbarrier reef, nounbasin, nounbay, nounbayou, nounbeach, nounbearing, nounbed, nounbight, nounbluff, nounborder, nounborder, verbborderland, nounborderline, nounborough, nounbox canyon, nounBritish, adjectivebutte, nouncanyon, nouncape, nouncapital, nouncardinal point, nounCaribbean, adjectivecartography, nouncay, nounchain, nounchaparral, nounchart, nounchasm, nounchimney, nounChinese, adjectivecirrus, nounCIS, nouncliff, nounclimate, nounclimatic, adjectivecoastal, adjectivecoastline, nouncockney, nouncol, nouncold front, nouncommuter belt, nouncompass, nounconfluence, nouncontinent, nouncontinental, adjectivecontinental shelf, nouncontour, nounconurbation, nouncoordinate, nouncorridor, nouncorrie, nouncoterminous, adjectivecouncil estate, nouncountry, nouncounty, nouncounty town, nouncourse, nouncove, nouncrag, nouncraggy, adjectivecreek, nouncrevasse, nouncrevice, nouncumulus, nouncyclone, noundateline, noundelta, noundesert, noundesert island, noundevelopment, noundistrict, noundivide, noundown, adverbdune, noundust bowl, nouneast, nouneast, adjectiveeast, adverbeastbound, adjectiveeasterly, adjectiveeasterly, nouneastern, adjectiveEasterner, nouneasternmost, adjectiveeastwards, adverbelevation, nouneminence, nounenvirons, nounequatorial, adjectiveerode, verberosion, nounescarpment, nounestuary, nounEurope, nounextraterritorial, adjectiveeyot, nounface, nounfarmland, nounfeeder, nounfiord, nounfirth, nounfjord, nounflood plain, nounfluvial, adjectivefrontier, nounfrontiersman, noungale force, adjectivegap, noungeo-, prefixgeography, noungeophysics, noungeopolitics, noungeyser, nounglacial, adjectiveglaciation, nounglacier, nounglobe, noungoldfield, noungorge, noungrassland, nounGrecian, adjectivegreen belt, noungrid, noungrotto, noungroundwater, noungulch, noungulf, noungully, nounhead, nounheadland, nounheadwaters, nounheartland, nounhemisphere, nounhighland, adjectivehighlands, nounhigh water mark, nounhinterland, nounHome Counties, the, homeland, nounhurricane, noun-i, suffixIberian, adjectiveiceberg, nounice cap, nounice floe, nounice pack, nounice sheet, nouninhabitant, nouninland, adjectiveinland, adverbinlet, nouninner city, nouninshore, adverbinsular, adjectiveintercontinental, adjectiveInternational Date Line, nounisland, nounisle, nounislet, nounisobar, nounIsraeli, adjectiveIsraeli, nounisthmus, nounItalian, adjectiveItalianate, adjectiveItalo-, prefixJapanese, adjectivekey, nounknoll, nounlagoon, nounlake, nounlandlocked, adjectivelandmass, nounlandslide, nounlandslip, nounlat., Latin, adjectiveLatin America, nounLatin American, adjectivelatitude, nounlevee, nounlittoral, nounlong., longitude, nounlongitudinal, adjectivelough, nounlowlands, nounlow-lying, adjectivelow water mark, nounmagnetic north, nounmagnetic pole, nounmarsh, nounmarshland, nounmeander, verbMediterranean, adjectiveMercator projection, nounmeridian, nounmesa, nounMiddle America, nounmidtown, adjectivemonsoon, nounmoorland, nounmorass, nounmountain, nounmountainside, nounmountaintop, nounmouth, nounmudslide, nounmull, nounnarrows, nounnavigation, nounNE, neck, nounnor'-, prefixnorth, nounnorth, adjectivenorth, adverbNorth America, nounnortheast, nounnortheast, adjectivenortheasterly, adjectivenortheastern, adjectivenortheastwards, adverbnortherly, adjectivenorthern, adjectivenortherner, nounnorthernmost, adjectivenorthwards, adverbnorthwest, nounnorthwest, adjectivenorthwesterly, adjectivenorthwestern, adjectivenorthwestwards, adverbnotch, nounNW, NZ, oasis, nounoccidental, nounocean, nounonshore, adjectiveopenness, nounOrdnance Survey map, nounoriental, adjectiveoutcrop, nounoverspill, nounpack ice, nounpaddy, nounpalisade, nounpan-, prefixpanhandle, nounparallel, nounpeak, nounpeninsula, nounPersian, adjectivephysical geography, nounplain, nounplateau, nounpoint, nounpolar, adjectivepole, nounpolitical geography, nounpollutant, nounpop., populate, verbpopulation, nounprairie, nounprecipice, nounprecipitation, nounPrime Meridian, principality, nounprojection, nounpromontory, nounprovince, nounprovincial, adjectivepueblo, nounR, rainfall, nounrain forest, nounrain gauge, nounrainstorm, nounrange, nounravine, nounreef, nounreference, nounregion, nounregional, adjectiverelief map, nounreservoir, nounresettle, verbresidential, adjectiveresource, nounridge, nounrift valley, nounrise, verbriver, nounriver basin, nounriver bed, nounRoman, adjectiverotation, nounrugged, adjectiverun-off, nounrural, adjectivesand, nounsand bar, nounsandstorm, nounsandy, adjectivesavanna, nounScandinavian, nounscar, nounscarp, nounscree, nounscrubland, nounSE, seaboard, nounsea breeze, nounseafront, nounsea level, nounseaport, nounseaward, adjectivesection, nounsemitropical, adjectiveshelf, nounslough, nounsmog, nounsnowfield, nounsource, nounsouth, nounsouth, adjectivesouth, adverbSouth America, adjectivesoutheast, nounsoutheast, adjectivesoutheasterly, adjectivesoutheastern, adjectivesoutheastwards, adverbsoutherly, adjectivesouthern, adjectivesouthernmost, adjectivesouthwards, adverbsouthwest, nounsouthwest, adjectivesouthwesterly, adjectivesouthwestern, adjectivesouthwestwards, adverbspeleology, nounspit, nounspur, nounstrait, nounsubcontinent, nounsubtropical, adjectivesuburb, nounsuburban, adjectivesummit, nounsurvey, nounsurvey, verbSW, swamp, nountableland, nounterrain, nounterritory, nountidal, adjectivetidal wave, nountidewater, nountime zone, nountop, nountopography, nountor, nountornado, nountown, nountown centre, nountowpath, nountrack, nountract, nountrade route, nountrail, nountransatlantic, adjectivetranscontinental, adjectivetributary, nountropic, nountropical, adjectivetundra, nountyphoon, nounUK, the, uncharted, adjectiveup, adverbup-country, adjectiveuplands, nounupper, adjectiveupriver, adverbupstate, adjectiveupstream, adverbuptown, adverburban, adjectiveurbanized, adjectiveurban renewal, nounurban sprawl, nounUS, the, adjectivevalley, nounW, warm front, nounwaste, adjectivewasteland, nounwater, verbwatercourse, nounwaterfall, nounwaterfront, nounwaterhole, nounwatering place, nounwater meadow, nounwatershed, nounwater table, nounwaterway, nounweather vane, nounwest, nounwest, adjectiveWest, nounwestern, adjectiveWesterner, nounwesternmost, adjectivewestward, adverbwilderness, nounwolds, nounzoning, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Meaning 1adjectives
The wine had left a permanent mark on the tablecloth.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
1mark on skin a permanent mark that is left on your skin after you have had a cut or wound: · For the patients, keyhole surgery means no big scar.
· She could see the small scar on his right cheek.
· She still had the faint white scar on her ankle.
· If the wound is not stitched, a permanent scar may result.
(=unattractive)· The ugly scar spoiled and distorted his face.
(=spoiling someone’s appearance)· She was left with disfiguring scars.
(=one where the skin has not healed flat)· She pulled back her hair and showed me a puckered scar near her ear.
(=caused by a medical operation)· He had a large surgical scar on his back.
(=a scar on your body, contrasted with a mental scar)· Those three months left her with lifelong physical and psychological scars.
verbs· The injury is deep and will leave quite a scar.
· He had a small white scar under his left eye.
formal (=have it on your body)· He still bore the scars of its teeth on his leg.
· A scar ran from the corner of his eye to under his jawbone.
scar + NOUN· His hand was rough with scar tissue.
Meaning 2adjectives· The death of his mother left a deep scar on the young boy.
· That affair left a permanent scar on my heart.
· The mental scars left by the accident are still with him.
verbs (=leave someone with feelings of fear or sadness)· Psychologically, the attack has left a deep scar.
(=to suffer from feelings of fear or sadness)· These children will carry their emotional scars with them for the rest of their lives.
· The mental scars will eventually heal.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES The wine had left a permanent mark on the tablecloth.· He still carries the mental scars.· The 250 stitches Stephen Thomas required have now been removed, but both physical and mental scars remain.· The mental scars will eventually heal!· The physical wounds are beginning to heal, but what about the mental scars?· The attack has left mental scars on Terry and his family too.· The mental scars are more insidious.· And he now enjoys a walk again ... though until the mental scars heal, nowhere near the traffic.· But the mental scars left by that head on crash are still with him, especially when he drives.
· She still had the faint white scar on her ankle, although the cross-hatch of scratches on her right knee was gone.· It is a neat white scar.
NOUN· The scar tissue was old and seamed.· Others need several revisions to their surgeries, and develop painful masses of scar tissue.· We stop for the night in the middle of this scar tissue that will never heal.· I notice George lightly touching the temporal lobe, exploring for scar tissue once more.· The scar tissue with which animals seal their wounds is not directly comparable to the callus tissue of plants.· The rough pebbles of scar tissue interrupted the deep lines that laughter had once carved into his temples.· My brain is encrusted with scar tissue from all the frames he has pinched and nicked.· Through the passing days, the biting cruelty of it all slowly healed, leaving only the scar tissue.
VERB· His twice broken kneecap still bears the scars - for Lawrence today was the test he's been waiting for.· All bore ugly scars from repeated knife fights on the streets and in the dives around Clinton Avenue.· This boat was used in an Indiana Jones film and still bears the scars.· She still bore the scars of battle, a battle she had nearly lost.· He had only ever been discovered once and still bore the scars on his wrist from the Alsatian's razor-sharp-teeth.· He still bore the scars of her teeth on his calf and upper thigh.· And within a week Aseta was playing again-though she still bears the scar today.· Many people bear permanent scars from such encounters.
· He still carries the mental scars.· You may be carrying the scars of lost battles and broken dreams.· He has also cracked his skull and still carries the scar.· We carry the scars of reality.· In the very midst of comfort and celebration, each carries scars of exile and war so many years later.
· Four of these pits are now disused and nature has started to heal the scars.· Old healed scars reopen, and the muscles of the heart lose their strength.· Ulcers which result from these bites eventually heal leaving small circular scars.
· Fibrous tissue replaces this, the capillaries heal and contract down over a period of months to leave a linear scar.· The Acid Era has left its scars on the man.· It was a really bad cut which would leave a thick scar.· Trade embargoes, lifted now, prevented children from getting immunizations, and many are left with the scars of polio.· Even the gradual assimilation of his disappointment would leave scars and blights, like a landscape after fire.· But the deeper imprint of the central authority, and the harsher side to its reformist zeal, left scars.· Deep wounds must be stitched together to help the healing process and they tend to leave scars.· Through the passing days, the biting cruelty of it all slowly healed, leaving only the scar tissue.
· At that distance Adam couldn't see the scar that ran down Kaas' cheek.· Geological features ground out by ancient glaciers are seen overlaid by the scars of recent wind erosion.· Is this the way you keep faith? See these scars.· We talked about cosmetic surgery and we asked to see the scars.· Seeing the village again, from a new angle, Maxim could see other scars of the blast and its debris.· In the light of the flaring sconce the girl could see the scar quite clearly.· As she came closer he saw it was a scar, the scar tissue even more white than the skin around it.
· He pushes back his sleeve to show scars where I have vaccination marks.· Offer to show Uncle Manfred your scar.· At that time, Russell Square was showing its scars.· As proof he showed them the scar on his foot which in other years they had both seen many a time.
He had a long, curved scar on his right cheek. a deep cut that could leave a permanent scar2feeling 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.3damaged area a place where the land or a building was damaged in the pastscar of The landscape still bears the scars of the war.4cliff British English a cliff on the side of a mountainCOLLOCATIONS– Meaning 1adjectivesa big/long scar· For the patients, keyhole surgery means no big scar.a small scar· She could see the small scar on his right cheek.a red/white scar· She still had the faint white scar on her ankle.a permanent scar· If the wound is not stitched, a permanent scar may result.an ugly/unsightly scar (=unattractive)· The ugly scar spoiled and distorted his face.a disfiguring scar (=spoiling someone’s appearance)· She was left with disfiguring scars.a puckered scar (=one where the skin has not healed flat)· She pulled back her hair and showed me a puckered scar near her ear.a surgical scar (=caused by a medical operation)· He had a large surgical scar on his back.a physical scar (=a scar on your body, contrasted with a mental scar)· Those three months left her with lifelong physical and psychological scars.verbsleave a scar· The injury is deep and will leave quite a scar.have a scar· He had a small white scar under his left eye.bear a scar formal (=have it on your body)· He still bore the scars of its teeth on his leg.a scar runs somewhere· A scar ran from the corner of his eye to under his jawbone.scar + NOUNscar tissue· His hand was rough with scar tissue.COLLOCATIONS– Meaning 2adjectivesa deep scar· The death of his mother left a deep scar on the young boy.a permanent scar· That affair left a permanent scar on my heart.psychological/mental/emotional scars· The mental scars left by the accident are still with him.verbsleave a scar (=leave someone with feelings of fear or sadness)· Psychologically, the attack has left a deep scar.carry/bear scars (=to suffer from feelings of fear or sadness)· These children will carry their emotional scars with them for the rest of their lives.scars heal· The mental scars will eventually heal.scar1 nounscar2 verb
scarscar2 verb (past tense and past participle scarred, present participle scarring) [transitive] VERB TABLE
scar
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | scar |
| he, she, it | scars | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | scarred |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have scarred |
| he, she, it | has scarred | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had scarred |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will scar |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have scarred |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am scarring |
| he, she, it | is scarring | |
| you, we, they | are scarring | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was scarring |
| you, we, they | were scarring | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been scarring |
| he, she, it | has been scarring | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been scarring |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be scarring |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been scarring |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- battle-scarred young men
- Her arm was scarred with cigarette burns.
- The scandals have scarred Garcia's life.
- A lover dying of smallpox - Miss Phoebe was scarred from it.
- It scarred those forced to lean on it.
- Older, richer, wiser and more scarred, Capt.
- The blue paint of the practice stalls was scarred with initials and hearts and anarchist signs among others.
- The children who had suffered a trauma would survive the experience, scarred by it and a little flawed by it.
- The favorite of these visitors was a girl named Lily who had a badly scarred hand.
- Their faces scarred with dirt, their uniforms filthy, the miners look like refugees from another age.
WORD SETS
abscess, nounache, verbache, nounacne, nounagoraphobia, nounagoraphobic, nounague, noun-aholic, suffixAIDS, nounailment, nounairsick, adjectivealbino, nounalcoholic, nounalcoholism, nounallergic, adjectiveallergy, nounamnesia, nounamputee, nounanaemia, nounanaemic, adjectiveangina, nounanorexia, nounanorexic, adjectiveantacid, nounanthrax, nounantibody, nounantidepressant, nounantidote, nounantigen, nounantihistamine, nounanti-inflammatory, adjectiveantitoxin, nounapoplectic, adjectiveapoplexy, nounappendicitis, nounarteriosclerosis, nounarthritis, nounaseptic, adjectiveaspirin, nounasthma, nounastigmatism, nounasymptomatic, adjectiveathlete's foot, nounatrophy, verbauto-immune disease, nounAyurvedic medicine, nounbaby blues, nounbacillus, nounbackache, nounbark, verbbattle fatigue, nounBCG, nounbedridden, adjectivebedsore, nounbed-wetting, nounbellyache, nounbenign, adjectiveberiberi, nounbespectacled, adjectivebetter, adjectivebilious, adjectivebinge, verbbiopsy, nounbirthmark, nounbite, verbbite, nounblack and blue, adjectiveBlack Death, the, black eye, nounblackout, nounbleed, verbbleeding, nounblind, verbblister, nounblister, verbblood bank, nounblood donor, nounblood poisoning, nounbloodshot, adjectiveblood transfusion, nounbloody, adjectivebloody, verbblue baby, nounboil, nounbotulism, nounbrain damage, nounbreakdown, nounbronchitis, nounbruise, nounbruise, verbBSE, nounbubonic plague, nounbug, nounbulimia, nounbump, nounbunion, nounbuzz, verbcalloused, adjectivecallus, nouncancer, nouncandida, nouncanker, nouncarbuncle, nouncarcinogen, nouncarcinogenic, adjectivecarcinoma, nouncardiac, adjectivecardiovascular, adjectivecaries, nouncarpal tunnel syndrome, nouncarrier, nouncarry, verbcarsick, adjectivecast, nouncasualty, nouncataract, nouncatarrh, nouncatatonic, adjectivecatching, adjectivecauliflower ear, nouncerebral palsy, nouncertify, verbcervical smear, nounchapped, adjectivecharley horse, nounchemotherapy, nounchesty, adjectivechicken pox, nounchilblains, nounChinese medicine, nouncholera, nounchronic, adjectivecirrhosis, nounCJD, nouncleanse, verbcleft palate, nounclinic, nounclinical, adjectiveclub foot, nouncold, nouncold sore, nouncolic, nouncolitis, nouncollapse, verbcolour-blind, adjectivecoma, nouncommon cold, nouncommon denominator, nouncommunicate, verbcomplaint, nouncomplicate, verbcomplication, nouncompound fracture, nounconcuss, verbconcussion, nouncondition, nouncongenital, adjectivecongested, adjectiveconjunctivitis, nounconstipation, nounconsumption, nounconsumptive, nouncontagion, nouncontagious, adjectivecontinent, adjectivecontract, verbcontusion, nounconvalesce, verbconvulsion, nouncorn, nouncortisone, nouncot death, nouncough, nounCPR, nouncrack-up, nouncramp, nounCreutzfeldt-Jakob disease, nouncrick, nouncrick, verbcripple, nouncripple, verbcross-eyed, adjectivecroup, nouncurable, adjectivecut, nouncyst, nouncystic fibrosis, nouncystitis, noundecompression sickness, noundeep vein thrombosis, noundeformity, noundegenerative, adjectivedehydrate, verbdelirious, adjectivedelirium, noundelusion, noundementia, noundengue fever, noundepression, noundermatitis, noundiabetes, noundiabetic, adjectivediabetic, noundiagnosis, noundialysis, noundiaper rash, noundiarrhoea, noundiphtheria, noundisability, noundisable, verbdisabled, adjectivedischarge, verbdisease, noundisgorge, verbdislocate, verbdisorder, noundissipated, adjectivedissipation, noundistemper, noundistend, verbdizzy, adjectivedoddering, adjectivedoddery, adjectivedonate, verbdonor, noundouble vision, noundoughy, adjectivedown, adverbDown's syndrome, noundrawn, adjectivedressing, noundrinker, noundrunk, adjectivedrunk, noundrunken, adjectivedull, adjectivedumb, adjectiveDVT, noundysentery, noundyslexia, noundyspepsia, noundyspeptic, adjectiveearache, nouneating disorder, nounEbola, nounectopic pregnancy, nouneczema, nounemaciated, adjectiveemasculate, verbembolism, nounemphysema, nounencephalitis, nounendoscope, nounenervate, verbenteritis, nounepidemic, nounepilepsy, nounepileptic, adjectiveepileptic, nounetiology, nounexcruciating, adjectiveexposure, nouneyeless, adjectiveeye strain, nounfail, verbfaint, nounfester, verbfever, nounfever blister, nounfevered, adjectivefeverish, adjectivefirst aid, nounfit, nounflat feet, nounflat-footed, adjectiveflu, nounfood poisoning, nounfoot and mouth disease, nounfracture, verbfracture, nounfrostbite, noungall, noungammy, adjectiveganglion, noungangrene, noungas, noungash, noungastric, adjectivegastritis, noungastroenteritis, nounGerman measles, nounget, verbgingivitis, nounglandular fever, nounglaucoma, noungnarled, adjectivegonorrhea, noungout, noungrand mal, noungraze, verbgraze, noungriping, adjectivegroggy, adjectivegrowing pains, noungrowth, noungush, verbgynaecology, nounhacking cough, nounhaemophilia, nounhaemophiliac, nounhaemorrhage, nounhaemorrhage, verbhaemorrhoids, nounhalitosis, nounhandicap, nounhandicapped, adjectivehangover, nounhard of hearing, adjectiveharelip, nounhay fever, nounheadache, nounhealth, nounheart attack, nounheartburn, nounheart disease, nounheart failure, nounheat exhaustion, nounheat rash, nounheatstroke, nounheave, verbhepatitis, nounhernia, nounherpes, nounHIV, nounhormone replacement therapy, nounhospital, nounhospitalize, verbhot flush, nounhousebound, adjectiveHRT, nounhump, nounhumpback, nounhunchback, nounhungover, adjectivehydrophobia, nounhypertension, nounhypothermia, nounhysterectomy, nounhysteria, nounhysterical, adjectiveillness, nounimmune, adjectiveimmune system, nounimmunity, nounimmunize, verbimmunology, nounimpacted, adjectiveimpediment, nounimpetigo, nounimpotent, adjectiveincision, nounincontinent, adjectiveincubate, verbincurable, adjectiveindigestion, nounindisposed, adjectiveindisposition, nouninfantile, adjectiveinfantile paralysis, nouninfect, verbinfected, adjectiveinfection, nouninfectious, adjectiveinfirmity, nouninflammation, nouninflammatory, adjectiveinfluenza, nouninfusion, nouningrowing, adjectiveinoculate, verbinoperable, adjectiveinsane, adjectiveinsanity, nouninsomnia, nouninsomniac, nouninstability, nounintensive care, nounintravenous, adjectiveinvalid, nouninvalidity, nouninvasive, adjectiveirregular, adjectiveirritable bowel syndrome, nounirritant, nounirritate, verbirritated, adjectiveirritation, noun-ism, suffixisolation, nounjaundice, nounjaundiced, adjectivejet lag, nounknock-kneed, adjectiveknotted, adjectivelaceration, nounlaryngitis, nounlegionnaire's disease, nounleper, nounleprosy, nounlesion, nounleukemia, nounlisp, nounlisteria, nounliverish, adjectivelockjaw, nounlong-sighted, adjectiveloose, adjectivelozenge, nounlumbago, nounlunacy, nounLyme disease, nounmad cow disease, nounmalady, nounmalaise, nounmalaria, nounmalformation, nounmalignancy, nounmalignant, adjectivemalnourished, adjectivemalnutrition, nounmange, nounmangy, adjectivemania, nounmanic, adjectivemanic depression, nounmastitis, nounME, nounmeasles, nounmedicinal, adjectivemegalomania, nounmegalomaniac, nounmelancholia, nounmelancholic, adjectivemelanoma, nounmend, verbmeningitis, nounmentally handicapped, adjectivemigraine, nounmild, adjectivemiscarriage, nounmole, nounmongol, nounmono, nounmononucleosis, nounmorbid, adjectivemorning sickness, nounmoron, nounmotion sickness, nounmotor neurone disease, nounMRI, nounMRSA, nounMS, nounmultiple sclerosis, nounmumps, nounmurmur, nounmusclebound, adjectivemuscular dystrophy, nounmute, adjectivemute, nounmyopia, nounmyopic, adjectivemyxomatosis, nounnarcolepsy, nounnausea, nounnauseate, verbnauseous, adjectivenearsighted, adjectivenervous breakdown, nounnettle rash, nounneuralgia, nounneurosis, nounneurotic, adjectivenosebleed, nounnotifiable, adjectiveNSU, nounobesity, nounoff-colour, adjectiveoperate, verboperation, nounophthalmic, adjectiveophthalmology, noun-osis, suffixosteoarthritis, nounosteopathy, nounosteoporosis, nounoutpatient, nounoverbite, nounpacemaker, nounpaediatrics, nounpale, adjectivepallid, adjectivepallor, nounpalpitate, verbpalpitations, nounpalsy, nounpandemic, nounparalyse, verbparalysed, adjectiveparalysis, nounparalytic, adjectiveparalytic, nounparanoia, nounparaplegia, nounparaplegic, nounparasitic, adjectiveParkinson's disease, nounparoxysm, nounpasty, adjectivepasty-faced, adjectivepathogen, nounpathological, adjectivepathology, nounpeaked, adjectivepeaky, adjectivepellagra, nounpeptic ulcer, nounperforated, adjectiveperiod pain, nounperitonitis, nounpernicious anaemia, nounpersecution complex, nounpestilence, nounpestilential, adjectivepetit mal, nounpharyngitis, nounphlebitis, nounphlegm, noun-phobic, suffixphysiotherapy, nounpigeon-toed, adjectivepins and needles, nounplacebo, nounplague, nounplaque, nounplaster cast, nounpleurisy, nounPMS, nounPMT, nounpneumonia, nounpockmark, nounpockmarked, adjectivepoisoning, nounpolio, nounpolyp, nounpoor, adjectivepost-traumatic stress disorder, nounpremenstrual tension, nounprescribe, verbprescription, nounpreventive medicine, nounprickle, verbprickly heat, nounprognosis, nounprolapse, nounprophylactic, adjectiveprophylactic, nounprophylaxis, nounpsoriasis, nounpsychopath, nounpsychosis, nounpsychosomatic, adjectivepsychotic, adjectivepuffy, adjectivepull, verbpurulent, adjectivepus, nounpustule, nounqueasy, adjectiverabid, adjectiverabies, nounradiation sickness, nounradiography, nounrash, nounraw, adjectivereact, verbreaction, nounreceive, verbrecuperate, verbrecuperative, adjectiveregurgitate, verbrelapse, verbremission, nounrepetitive strain injury, nounresistance, nounrespond, verbretch, verbRhesus factor, nounrheumatic, adjectiverheumatic fever, nounrheumatism, nounrheumatoid arthritis, nounrickets, nounringworm, nounRSI, nounrubella, nounrun-down, adjectiverunny, adjectiverupture, nounsaddle-sore, adjectivesalmonella, nounscab, nounscabby, adjectivescabies, nounscald, verbscald, nounscaly, adjectivescar, nounscar, verbscarlet fever, nounschizophrenia, nounsciatica, nounsclerosis, nounscrape, verbscrape, nounscratch, nounscurvy, nounseasick, adjectiveseizure, nounself-examination, nounsenile, adjectivesenile dementia, nounsenseless, adjectivesepsis, nounseptic, adjectivesepticaemia, nounserum, nounset, verbsexually transmitted disease, nounshell shock, nounshell-shocked, adjectiveshingles, nounshock, nounshort-sighted, adjectivesickle-cell anaemia, nounsickly, adjectivesickness, nounside effect, nounsightless, adjectivesimple fracture, nounsleeping sickness, nounslipped disc, nounsmallpox, nounsnakebite, nounsnow blindness, nounsore, adjectivesore, nounspastic, adjectivespecial needs, nounspecimen, nounspina bifida, nounsprain, verbsputum, nounsquint, verbsquint, nounstammer, nounstarvation, nounstarve, verbSTD, nounstomachache, nounstone, nounstrain, nounstrain, verbstrangulated, adjectivestrep throat, nounstroke, nounsty, nounsuccumb, verbsufferer, nounsunstroke, nounsuperbug, nounsurgical, adjectiveswelling, nounswollen, adjectivesymptom, nounsymptomatic, adjectivesyndrome, nounsyphilis, nounTB, nountear, verbtetanus, nountherapeutic, adjectivetherapy, nounthrombosis, nounthrush, nountic, nountight, adjectivetingle, verbtinnitus, nountipsy, adjectivetonsillitis, nountoothache, nountorment, nountourniquet, nountoxaemia, nountoxic shock syndrome, nountraction, nountransfusion, nountrauma, nountravel sickness, nountreatment, nountremor, nountuberculosis, nountumour, nountunnel vision, nountwinge, nountwitch, nountyphoid, nountyphus, nounulcer, nounulcerate, verbultrasound, noununderweight, adjectiveundressed, adjectiveunhealthy, adjectiveuntreated, adjectivevaccinate, verbvaccine, nounvaricose veins, nounVD, nounvenereal disease, nounverruca, nounvertigo, nounviral, adjectivevirology, nounvirulent, adjectivevomit, verbvomit, nounwart, nounweak, adjectiveweal, nounweep, verbwheeze, verbwheeze, nounwheezy, adjectivewhiplash, nounwhooping cough, nounwind, nounwithered, adjectivewound, nounwrench, verbwriter's cramp, nounyaws, nounyeast infection, nounyellow fever, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYadverbs The wine had left a permanent mark on the tablecloth.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
1if a wound or cut scars you, it leaves a permanent mark on your body: · Her legs were badly scarred from a car accident.
· His face had been permanently scarred by smallpox.
(=in a very unattractive way)· The right side of her face was hideously scarred.
(=get a permanent scar)· A little girl has been scarred for life in a tragic playground accident.
· The surgery left her face and neck scarred.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES The wine had left a permanent mark on the tablecloth.· The favorite of these visitors was a girl named Lily who had a badly scarred hand.
NOUN· But doctors decided not to patch up her wounds in casualty for fear of scarring her for life.· Then she meets Martin, another person alone and internally scarred, and their lives begin to have meaning once more.· His friend will be scarred for life.· She'd be scarred for life.· Children are particularly at risk, and can be scarred for life from a serious encounter.· Meanwhile, Steve's coming to terms with being scarred for life.· Whippings in Sri Lanka were carried out with a cat-o-nine-tails and flayed the back of the prisoner, scarring him for life.
His hands were badly scarred by the fire. She will probably be scarred for life.2if an unpleasant experience scars you, it leaves you with a feeling of sadness or fear that continues for a long time: She was scarred by her father’s suicide.3to spoil the appearance of something SYN deface: quarries that scar the landscapeCOLLOCATIONSadverbsbe badly scarred· Her legs were badly scarred from a car accident.be permanently scarred· His face had been permanently scarred by smallpox.be hideously scarred (=in a very unattractive way)· The right side of her face was hideously scarred.be scarred for life (=get a permanent scar)· A little girl has been scarred for life in a tragic playground accident.leave somebody scarred· The surgery left her face and neck scarred.