DictionaryAI

scar

Short definition from Wiktionary

Noun

  1. A permanent mark on the skin, sometimes caused by the healing of a wound.
  2. A permanent negative effect on someone's mind, caused by a traumatic experience.
  3. Any permanent mark resulting from damage.
  4. A cliff or rock outcrop.
  5. A rock in the sea breaking out from the surface of the water.
  6. A bare rocky place on the side of a hill or mountain.
  7. A marine food fish, the scarus or parrotfish (family Scaridae).

Verb

  1. To mark the skin permanently.
  2. To form a scar.
  3. To affect deeply in a traumatic manner.

We haven’t written up scar yet: Simple and Standard meanings, examples and a quiz.