scarify

verbB1

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Động từ

verb

V_es/s

scarifies

V_ing/Gerund

scarifying

V_ed/pp

scarified

1.
(horticulture) To remove thatch (build-up of organic matter on the soil) from a lawn, to dethatch.
2.
To make scratches or cuts on.
A combing tool is used to scarify, cross-scratch, or score the surface of a scratch coat or undercoat of plaster.
3.
(figuratively)(figurative) To harrow the feelings.
4.
(nonstandard, obsolete)(obsolete or nonstandard) To scar.
5.
(nonstandard, obsolete)(obsolete or nonstandard) Denude, or lay waste to.
6.
(uncommon)To frighten; to scare, to terrify.

Từ liên quan

Cùng gốc / liên quan

scarifyingly

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro From French scarifier, from scarificāre, from Latin scarifāre (to scarify), from Ancient Greek σκαριφᾶσθαι (scratch), from σκάριφος (writing, drawing, sketching). Unrelated to scar.