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scarre

scarre is the obsolete form of scar.

Meaning of scar

Noun (1)

scar (plural scars)

  1. A permanent mark on the skin, sometimes caused by the healing of a wound.
  2. (broadly) A permanent negative effect on someone's mind, caused by a traumatic experience.
    • Thus, it is wise to avoid cultivating an emotional scar, as it can play havoc with your happiness and success.2011, O. P. Sharma, Be a Winner, →ISBN
  3. Any permanent mark resulting from damage.
    • Her age-old weapons, flood and fire, left scars on the canyon which time will never efface.1961, Dorothy Jensen Neal, Captive mountain waters: a story of pipelines and people, page 29

Noun (2)

scar (plural scars)

  1. A cliff or rock outcrop.
    • 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!1847, Tennyson, “The Bugle Song”, in The Princess
  2. A rock in the sea breaking out from the surface of the water.
  3. A bare rocky place on the side of a hill or mountain.

See all 10 meanings of scar

Forms of scarre

pluralscarres

Questions about scarre

What is scarre the obsolete form of?
Scarre is the obsolete form of scar.

Words near scarre in the dictionary

  1. scarproof
  2. scarps
  3. Scarpulla
  4. Scarpullas
  5. scarr
  6. scarre
  7. scarred
  8. scarrer
  9. scarrers
  10. scarres
  11. scarreth

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