n.
- a mark left on the skin or within body tissue after the healing of a wound or burn.
▸a mark left at the point of separation of a leaf, frond, or other part from a plant.
- a lasting effect left by an unpleasant experience.
- a steep high cliff or rock outcrop.
v.
(scars, scarring, scarred)
mark or be marked with a scar or scars.
Derivative
Etymology
ME: from OFr. escharre, via late L. from Gk eskhara ‘scab’; sense 3 is from ON sker ‘low reef’.