Scar

Definitions

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

Equivalents

57 more languages

العربيةالندبةندبندبة

Azərbaycan diliçapıqcırıqyara yeri

Българскибелегследа́

བོད་སྐད།རྨ་རྗེས

BosanskiarbrazgotinajazvaLeonožiljakožiljniražбелегожиљакожиљни+ 7 more

Catalàcicatriu

Češtinajizvazjizvit

Cymraegcraith

Danskar

Ελληνικάουλήσημαδεύωσημάδιστίγμα+ 1 more

Esperantocikatro

Eestiarm

Suomiarpeumaarpeutuaarpeutumaarpijättää arpikariluoto+ 4 more

GaeilgeColm

Gàidhligearralàrachleòn

Galegochilrocicatrizcosturamarca+ 1 more

Hausatabo

ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻiʻālina

עבריתצלקת

हिन्दीचकत्ता

HrvatskiarbrazgotinajazvaLeonožiljakožiljniražбелегожиљакожиљни+ 7 more

Magyarforradáshegsebhely

Հայերենսպի

Bahasa Indonesiaparut

Íslenskaör

Italianocicatrice

日本語傷傷痕傷跡創痍古傷引き攣り痕瘢痕麩の焼き+ 6 more

ქართულინაიარევინაწიბურინაჭრილობევი

ភាសាខ្មែរសម្លាកស្នាមស្លាកស្លាកស្នាម+ 1 more

한국어상처흉흉터

Kurdîararmhêgkarîraz+ 2 more

Latinacicātrīxnotoscarus

Lietuviųrandas

Latviešureta

Македонскилузна

Монголсорви

मराठीव्रण

Bahasa Melayuparut

Maltiċikatriċi

မြန်မာအမာရွတ်

Nederlandslitteken

Polskibliznabliźnić siębliznowaciećbliznowatybliznowycięgarazszczerbasznytszramazabliźniać sięzabliźnić sięzbliznowacieć+ 10 more

Portuguêscicatrizcicatrizardeixar cicatrizmarcar+ 1 more

Românăcicatrice

Русскийрубе́цшрам

Slovenčinajazva

Slovenščinabrazgotina

СрпскиarbrazgotinajazvaLeonožiljakožiljniražбелегожиљакожиљни+ 7 more

Svenskaarr

Kiswahilikovu

தமிழ்தழும்புவடு

తెలుగుమచ్చ

ไทยตำหนิปมแผลเป็น

Tagalogpeklat

Türkçeyarayara izi

Українськарубе́цьшрам

Tiếng Việtsẹothẹo

Examples

“Thus, it is wise to avoid⟳ cultivating an emotional scar, as it can play⟳ havoc with your happiness and success.”

“Her age-old weapons, flood⟳ and fire, left scars on the canyon which time will never efface.”

“But freedom is not enough. You do not wipe away the scars of centuries by saying: Now you are free to go where you want⟳, and do as you desire, and choose⟳ the leaders you please⟳. You do not take⟳ a person who, for years, has been hobbled by chains and liberate him, bring⟳ him up to the starting line of a race⟳ and then say⟳, “you are free to compete⟳ with all the others,” and still justly believe⟳ that you have⟳ been completely fair. Thus it is not enough just to open⟳ the gates of opportunity. All our citizens must have⟳ the ability to walk⟳ through those gates.”

“There is a real scar on the landscape, but it reminds me exactly of scenes I photographed from the construction of High Speed⟳ 1 in Kent and Essex, and of the Norton Bridge flyover in Staffordshire. Scars heal, and the replanting and rewilding that Penny had shown me at Cubbington display the early stages.”

“O hark, O hear⟳! how thin and clear, / ⁠And thinner, clearer, farther going! / O sweet and far from cliff and scar / ⁠The horns of Elfland faintly blowing!”

“All round him the long scar smashed into the jungle was a bath of heat. He was clambering heavily among the creepers and broken trunks when a bird, a vision of red and yellow, flashed upwards with a witch-like cry⟳; and this cry⟳ was echoed by another. “Hi!” it said. “Wait⟳ a minute!” The undergrowth at the side of the scar was shaken and a multitude of raindrops fell pattering.”

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