scar

scar1 [ skar ] noun count *

1. ) a permanent mark on your skin where you have been injured:

He has long hair and a scar under his left eye.

a ) a mark on something where it has been damaged:

The bombing left scars on buildings throughout the city.

2. ) a permanent effect on someone's mind, caused by an unpleasant experience they have had:

She bore the scars of an unhappy childhood.

scar

scar 2 [ skar ] verb *

1. ) transitive usually passive to leave a permanent mark on someone's skin as the result of an injury:

Rachel was badly scarred in a car accident.

a ) transitive usually passive to leave permanent marks on something, especially as a result of damage:

Her suitcase was scarred and battered from years of use.

The land was badly scarred by chemical waste.

b ) scar or scar over intransitive if a cut or other injury on your body scars, it forms a scar as it becomes better

2. ) transitive usually passive if an unpleasant experience scars someone, it has a permanent effect on the way they think and live:

emotionally scarred

Their lives were scarred by poverty and illness.

scar someone for life

1. ) to leave a permanent physical mark on someone's body

2. ) to have a permanent emotional effect on someone