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noun | verb scarscar1 /skɑr/ ●●○ noun [countable] ETYMOLOGYscar1Origin: 1300-1400 Old French escare, from Late Latin eschara, from Greek ► leave a scar Will the surgery leave a scar? ► mental/emotional scars The emotional scars remained after the relationship ended. ► scars ... heal The mental scars could take a long time to heal. ► bear the scars of The buildings bear the scars of the last month’s fighting. THESAURUScolored area► 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. 1 a permanent mark that is left after you have had a cut or wound: scar on He has a scar on his left cheek. Will the surgery leave a scar?► see thesaurus at mark22a permanent emotional or mental effect caused by a bad experience: mental/emotional scars The emotional scars remained after the relationship ended. The mental scars could take a long time to heal.3an ugly permanent mark on something: The buildings bear the scars of the last month’s fighting. [Origin: 1300–1400 Old French escare, from Late Latin eschara, from Greek] noun | verb scarscar2 verb (scarred, scarring) VERB TABLEscar |
| 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 |
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| 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 |
► be scarred for life David survived the crash but will be scarred for life. 1[transitive] to have or be given a permanent mark on your skin because of a cut or wound: Her arm was scarred with cigarette burns. David survived the crash but will be scarred for life.2[transitive] if a bad, difficult, or upsetting experience scars you, it has a permanent effect on your character or feelings: She was deeply scarred by her father’s suicide. battle-scarred young men3[transitive] to spoil the appearance of something, especially by damaging it: Huge quarries scar the landscape.4[intransitive] (also scar over) medicine if a wound scars, it becomes healthy but leaves a permanent mark on your skin |