Word a Day
mar
What does mar mean?
mar (verb): to spoil; to ruin; to scathe; to damage.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use mar in a sentence?
- Nothing marred her beauty. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce mar?
/mɑɹ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does mar come from?
Inherited from Middle English merren, from Old English mierran (“to mar, disturb, confuse; scatter, squander, waste; upset, hinder, obstruct; err”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Test yourself: do you know “mar”?
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What does “mar” mean?
go to see a place, as for entertainment
Not quite: that's what visit means.
dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
Not quite: that's what forget means.
to spoil; to ruin; to scathe; to damage
Right! That's what “mar” means.
to use or experience the sense of touch
Not quite: that's what feel means.
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