scars

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.

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