scar

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈskɑːr/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/skɑr/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(skär)

Inflections of 'scar' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
scars
v 3rd person singular
scarring
v pres p
scarred
v past
scarred
v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
scar1 /skɑr/USA pronunciation   n., v., scarred, scar•ring. 
n. [countable]
  1. Pathologya mark left by a healed wound:The prisoner has a scar on his left arm.
  2. Psychiatrya lasting effect after a troubling experience:The trial left emotional scars.

v. 
  1. to leave or form a scar on (someone or something): [~ + object]The shelling scarred the countryside.[no object]Will this operation scar?

scar2 /skɑr/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Geologya steep, rocky cliff.
  2. Geologya low rock in the sea, or one that is partly under water.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
scar1  (skär),USA pronunciation n., v., scarred, scar•ring. 
n. 
  1. Pathologya mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
  2. Psychiatrya lasting aftereffect of trouble, esp. a lasting psychological injury resulting from suffering or trauma.
  3. any blemish remaining as a trace of or resulting from injury or use.
  4. Botanya mark indicating a former point of attachment, as where a leaf has fallen from a stem.

v.t. 
  1. to mark with a scar.

v.i. 
  1. Pathologyto form a scar in healing.
  • 1350–1400; Middle English; aphetic variant of eschar
scar′less, adj. 

scar2  (skär),USA pronunciation n. [Brit.]
  1. Geologya precipitous, rocky place;
    cliff.
  2. Geologya low or submerged rock in the sea.
  • Old Norse sker skerry
  • Middle English skerre 1300–50

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
scar /skɑː/ n
  1. 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
  3. 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. (intransitive) to heal leaving a scar
Etymology: 14th Century: via Late Latin from Greek eskhara scab
scar /skɑː/ n
  1. an irregular elongated trench-like feature on a land surface that often exposes bedrock
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old Norse sker low reef, skerry
'scar' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
cicatrix - cicatrize - escarole - granulation tissue - heal - hilum - keloid - leucoma - navel - pit - pockmark - seam - skerry - stigma - trachoma - vaccination - astrobleme - bikini cut - blemish - cauliflower ear - cicatricial tissue - contracture - deep - devil's mark - disfigurement - eschar - Euryclea - focal seizure - harum-scarum - leave - mar - muscular dystrophy - narrow - on - varix - scarabaeid - Scaramouch - Scarborough lily - scare - scar-faced - scarify - scarlatina - scarlet clematis - scarlet cup - scarlet eggplant - scarlet fever - scarlet firethorn - scarlet gilia - scarlet hat - scarlet letter
Collocations: a [face, facial, leg, cheek] scar, a [face] full of scars, has a scar on her [face], more...

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