scarify
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scarify¹
- /ˈskæ.ɹɪˌfaɪ/ UK
- /ˈskɑː.ɹɪˌfaɪ/ UK
Where it comes from
From French scarifier, from Late Latin scarificāre, from Latin scarifāre (“to scarify”), from Ancient Greek σκαριφᾶσθαι (skariphâsthai, “scratch”), from σκάριφος (skáriphos, “writing, drawing, sketching”). Unrelated to scar.
verb scarifies · scarifying · scarified
- To remove thatch (build-up of organic matter on the soil) from a lawn, to dethatch.
- 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.
- To damage the testa (seed coat) of a seed by cutting, scraping, chemicals, hot water, or fire to allow permeation of water and faster germination.
- To break up, loosen, or roughen the surface of a field or road or a hard surface.
- To scratch, etch, burn, or cut designs into one's skin as a form of body modification. Stan tried to scarify his neck with a rope His plan kinda failed, but it would've been dope
- To harrow the feelings.
- To scar.
- Denude, or lay waste to.
scarify²
- /ˈskæ.ɹɪˌfaɪ/ UK
- /ˈskɑː.ɹɪˌfaɪ/ UK
verb scarifies · scarifying · scarified
- To frighten; to scare, to terrify.
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verb to remove thatch
| Español | escarificar |
|---|---|
| Português | escarificar |
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title = {scarify},
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