scar

noun

• 1a mark left on the skin or within body tissue where a wound, burn, or sore has not healed completely and fibrous connective tissue has developed:a faint scar ran the length of his left cheek
• a lasting effect of grief, fear, or other emotion left on a person’s character by a traumatic experience:the attack has left mental scars on Terry and his family
• a mark left on something following damage of some kind:Max could see scars of the blast
• a mark left at the point of separation of a leaf, frond, or other part from a plant.

• 2a steep high cliff or rock outcrop, especially of limestone.

  [ Middle English: from Old Norse sker 'low reef'; compare with skerry]

verb (scars, scarring, scarred)

• mark with a scar or scars:he is likely to be scarred for life after injuries to his face, arms, and legs [as adjective, in combination]: (-scarred)battle-scarred troops
• [no object] form or be marked with a scar.