Definition of scar

noun (n)

• a mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue (noun.state)

  Synonym: cicatrice, cicatrix
  

  source: wordnet30
• an indication of damage (noun.attribute)

  Synonym: mark, scrape, scratch
  

  source: wordnet30
• A mark in the skin or flesh of an animal, made by a wound or ulcer, and remaining after the wound or ulcer is healed; a cicatrix; a mark left by a previous injury; a blemish; a disfigurement. (noun)

  source: webster1913
• An isolated or protruding rock; a steep, rocky eminence; a bare place on the side of a mountain or steep bank of earth. (noun)

  source: webster1913
• A marine food fish, the scarus, or parrot fish. (noun)

  source: webster1913

verb (v)

• mark with a scar (verb.contact)

  Synonym: mark, pit, pock
  

  Example:
  The skin disease scarred his face permanently.
  

  source: wordnet30
• To mark with a scar or scars. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• To form a scar. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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