scar (redirected from scaring)

scar ¹  (skär)

n.

1. A mark left on the skin after a surface injury or wound has healed.

2. A lingering sign of damage or injury, either mental or physical: nightmares, anxiety, and other enduring scars of wartime experiences.

3. Botany A mark indicating a former attachment, as of a leaf to a stem.

4. A mark, such as a dent, resulting from use or contact.

v. scarred, scar·ring, scars

v.tr.

1. To mark with a scar.

2. To leave lasting signs of damage on: a wretched childhood that scarred his psyche.

v.intr.

1. To form a scar: The pustule healed and scarred.

2. To become scarred: delicate skin that scars easily.

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[Middle English, alteration of escare, from Old French, scab, from Late Latin eschara, from Greek eskhara, hearth, scab caused by burning.]

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scar ²  (skär)

n.

1. A protruding isolated rock.

2. A bare rocky place on a mountainside or other steep slope.

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[Middle English skerre, from Old Norse sker, low reef; see sker-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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scar¹

n

1. (Medicine / Pathology) any mark left on the skin or other tissue following the healing of a wound

2. a permanent change in a person's character resulting from emotional distress his wife's death left its scars on him

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) the mark on a plant indicating the former point of attachment of a part, esp the attachment of a leaf to a stem

4. a mark of damage; blemish

vb scars, scarring, scarred

1. to mark or become marked with a scar

2. (intr) to heal leaving a scar

[via Late Latin from Greek eskhara scab]

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scar²

n

1. (Earth Sciences / Geological Science) an irregular enlongated trench-like feature on a land surface that often exposes bedrock

2. (Earth Sciences / Geological Science) a similar formation in a river or sea Also called (Scot) scaur

[from Old Norse sker low reef, skerry]

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scar - Traces back to Greek eskhara, "hearth" or "scab."

See also related terms for hearth.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	scar - a mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue cicatrice, cicatrix symptom - (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease callus - bony tissue formed during the healing of a fractured bone cheloid, keloid - raised pinkish scar tissue at the site of an injury; results from excessive tissue repair pockmark - a scar or pit on the skin that is left by a pustule of smallpox or acne or other eruptive disease sword-cut - a scar from a cut made by a sword vaccination - the scar left following inoculation with a vaccine
	2.	scar - an indication of damage scrape, scratch, mark blemish, mar, defect - a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body); "a facial blemish"
Verb	1.	scar - mark with a scar; "The skin disease scarred his face permanently" pock, pit, mark nock, score, mark - make small marks into the surface of; "score the clay before firing it" blemish, deface, disfigure - mar or spoil the appearance of; "scars defaced her cheeks"; "The vandals disfigured the statue" pockmark - mark with or as if with pockmarks; "Her face was pockmarked by the disease" cicatrise, cicatrize - form a scar, after an injury; "the skin will cicatrize and it will heal soon"

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scar

noun

1. mark, injury, wound, trauma (Pathology), blemish, discoloration, pockmark, naevus, cicatrix He had a scar on his forehead.

2. trauma, suffering, pain, strain, torture, disturbance, anguish emotional scars that come from having been abused

verb

1. mark, disfigure, damage, brand, mar, mutilate, maim, blemish, deface, traumatize, disfeature He was scarred for life during a pub fight.

2. damage, ruin, mar, spoil, mutilate, deface The table top was scarred and dented.

3. traumatize, distress, afflict, worry, trouble, pain, wound, upset, bother, disturb, torment, harrow, agonize This is something that is going to scar him forever.

Translations

scar¹ [skɑːʳ]

A. N (Med) → cicatriz f (fig) (on building, landscape etc) → huella f
it left a deep scar on his mind → dejó una huella profunda en su ánimo

B. VT → dejar una cicatriz en (fig) → marcar, rayar
he was scarred with many wounds → tenía cicatrices de muchas heridas
he was scarred for life → quedó marcado para toda la vida
the walls are scarred with bullets → las balas han dejado marca en las paredes

C. VI (= leave a scar) → cicatrizar (also scar over) (= heal) → cicatrizarse

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scar² [skɑːʳ] N (Geog) (= crag) → paraje m rocoso, pendiente f rocosa

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scar [ˈskɑː^r]

n → cicatrice f
to leave a scar (physical) → laisser une cicatrice
His early experiences had left a scar → Les expériences de son enfance l'avaient marqué.

vt → laisser une cicatrice à, laisser une marque à
to scar sb for life (physically) → laisser à qn des cicatrices permanentes; (emotionally) → marquer qn à vie

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scar

n (on skin, tree) → Narbe f; (= scratch) → Kratzer m; (= burn) → Brandfleck m, → Brandloch nt; (fig, emotional) → Wunde f; (on good name) → Makel m

vt furniture → zerkratzen, Brandflecken hinterlassen auf (+dat); (fig) person → zeichnen; to scar the skin/a tree → auf der Haut/an einem Baum Narben/eine Narbe hinterlassen; he was scarred for life (lit) → er behielt bleibende Narben zurück; (fig) → er war fürs Leben gezeichnet; her scarred face → ihr narbiges Gesicht; the table was scarred with cigarette burns → der Tisch war mit Brandlöchern or Brandflecken von Zigaretten übersät; his mind was scarred forever by this tragic occurrence → dieses tragische Ereignis hatte bei ihm tiefe Wunden hinterlassen

vi → Narben/eine Narbe hinterlassen

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scar¹ [skɑːʳ]

1. n (Med) → cicatrice f; (on face) → sfregio, cicatrice (fig) (on landscape) → segno
it left a deep scar on his mind → gli ha lasciato il segno

2. vt (gen) → lasciare delle cicatrici su; (face) → sfregiare (fig) → segnare, lasciare il segno su
scarred by acne → butterato/a dall'acne
a battle-scarred town → una città segnata dalla guerra

3. vi (also scar over) (heal) → cicatrizzarsi

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scar² [skɑːʳ] n (Geog) → rupe f

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scar

n scar [skaː]

the mark that is left by a wound or sore a scar on the arm where the dog bit him. litteken نَدْبَه، أثر الجُرْح белег jizva ar die Narbe σημάδι, ουλή cicatriz arm اثر زخم arpi cicatrice צַלֶקֶת दाग, क्षतचिह्न ožiljak, brazgotina forradás parut luka ör cicatrice 傷跡 상처 randas rēta parut litteken arr blizna cicatriz cicatrice рубец, шрам jazva brazgotina ožiljak ärr รอยแผลเป็น yara izi 傷疤 шрам, рубець داغ، زخم کا نشان sẹo, vết sẹo 伤疤

v – past tense, past participle scarred –

to mark with a scar He recovered from the accident but his face was badly scarred. geskraap, vol littekens يَنْدُب الجُرْح белязвам zjizvit arre entstellen αφήνω σημάδι dejar una cicatriz armi jätma, armistuma زخم جا گذاشتن jättää arpia marquer d'une cicatrice לְצַלֵק दाग डालना biti obilježen ožiljkom forradást hagy berparut-parut veita ör sfregiare 傷跡を残す 흉터가 남다 išraižyti randais atstāt rētu; izrētot meninggalkan parut vol littekens danne/få arr, arre pokiereszować, poznaczyć bliznami marcar a însemna оставлять рубцы, шрамы zjazviť pustiti brazgotino ostati ožiljak tillfoga ärr เป็นรอยแผล yara izi bırakmak 留疤 залишати рубці, шрами خراش داغ وغیرہ ڈالنا để lại vết sẹo 使...留下伤疤

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scar → ندبة jizva ar Narbe ουλή cicatriz arpi cicatrice ožiljak cicatrice 傷痕 흉터 litteken arr blizna cicatriz шрам ärr แผลเป็น yara vết sẹo 伤疤