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# scar

noun (a scar, scars); verb (scar, scars, scarred, scarring)

«scar» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A scar is a mark left on your skin after a cut, burn or wound has healed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scar/#m1)
2. A scar is also a lasting sign of a bad experience, in feelings or on land. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scar/#m2)
3. To scar means to leave a scar. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scar/#m3)

### In the lessons

In health lessons scars show how the body heals itself; in stories a scar can tell part of a character's past (like Harry Potter's lightning scar). Phrases: «leave a scar», «a deep scar», «scarred for life».

### Examples

- I have a scar on my knee from falling off my bike. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scar/#x1)
- The cut healed but left a scar. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scar/#x2)
- Harry Potter has a scar on his forehead. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scar/#x3)
- Scars often fade over time. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scar/#x4)
- The forest fire scarred the hills. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scar/#x5)
- Don't pick scabs, or they might scar. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scar/#x6)
- The cat had a scar on its ear from a fight. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scar/#x7)
- Many a wound I got from men, many a sorrowful scar. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scar/#x8)

### Note

Countable. Double r: scarred, scarring. Trap: «scar» vs «scare» — scarred (had a scar) vs scared (frightened). A scab comes first, then the skin heals, sometimes leaving a scar.

## In Jewish tradition

The priest uses a scar as a sign that the person is clean. Job says God "scares" him with dreams, meaning He terrifies him. In the primary lessons: In health lessons scars show how the body heals itself; in stories a scar can tell part of a character's past (like Harry Potter's lightning scar). Phrases: «leave a scar», «a deep scar», «scarred for life».

### Examples

- But if the bright spot stay in its place, and be not spread, it is the scar of the boil; and the priest shall pronounce him clean. (Torah LEV.13.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/scar/#x1)
- Then Thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions; (Writings JOB.7.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/scar/#x2)

### Note

Countable. Double r: scarred, scarring. Trap: «scar» vs «scare» — scarred (had a scar) vs scared (frightened). A scab comes first, then the skin heals, sometimes leaving a scar.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «scar» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scar/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«scar» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/scar.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «scar» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/scar/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«scar» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/scar.html) on Mova free.