► mark a small area of darker or lighter color on a plain surface such as a person’s skin or an animal’s fur: The kitten is mainly white with black marks on her back.
► bruise a purple or brown mark on your skin that you get because you have fallen or been hit: How did you get that bruise on your arm?
► freckle one of several small light brown marks on someone’s skin: A little red-headed boy with freckles was running around.
► mole a small usually brown mark on the skin that is often slightly higher than the skin around it: Jim has several moles on his back.
► scar a permanent mark on your skin, caused by a cut or by something that burns you: He still had a scar where he had been cut.
► pimple a small raised red mark or lump on your skin that teenagers often have: She had a big red pimple on her nose.
► wart a small hard raised mark on your skin caused by a virus (=a living thing that causes an infectious illness): The doctor froze a wart off my finger.
► blister a small area of skin that is swollen and full of liquid because it has been rubbed or burned: The sunburn was so bad that she had blisters on her shoulders.
► blemish formal a mark on your skin that spoils its appearance: She used makeup to hide the blemishes on her face.