scar

Definition

  • noun: a mark that is left on your skin after a wound heals
  • noun: an isolated or protruding rock
  • noun: a mark left (as in the skin) by the healing of injured tissue
  • verb: to mark (something) with a scar
  • verb: to mark with a scar
  • synonyms: cicatrix, blemish, disfigurement

Examples

  • Divorce can 'scar' a child for life. = Divorce can leave a child 'scarred for life'.

  • The divorce left her with deep emotional 'scars'.

  • His arm was badly 'scarred' after the accident.

Movie quotes

  • (..) absent from the room... But my methods are not. You can't mean Dr. Watson... Surely? So it doesn't seem fair. Right ... The surgury would've left scars. Only four of them have the hair line to hide them. The Ambassador that you've replaced With Rene, Is he still alive? (..)
    2011 Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows