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scar
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- pronunciation:
- skar
- parts of speech:
- noun, verb
- features:
- Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
After a skin injury heals, sometimes a mark stays on your skin and doesn't go away. That mark is call a "scar."
Tom's leg has a scar from a surgery he had when he was little.The burn left a scar on Michelle's arm. |
| definition 2: |
A scar is any mark that is left after physical or emotional damage.
The cat scratched the leg of the table and left many scars on it.Nearly drowning in a pool as a small child gave Aiden scars that still make him afraid of going in the water. |
| related words: |
mark, pit |
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
scars, scarring, scarred |
| definition 1: |
If something scars another thing, it makes marks like scars on it.
The dog's claws scarred the wooden door by scratching on it every day. |
| definition 2: |
When an injury scars, it leaves a scar after it heals.
That's a bad cut, and it will scar if it is not treated quickly and properly. |
| related words: |
burn, mark |
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