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SCARIFY
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
Irregular inflected form: scarified
I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they scarify ... he / she / it scarifies
Past simple: scarified
-ing form: scarifying
Sense 1
Meaning:
Puncture and scar (the skin), as for purposes or tribal identification or rituals
Example:
The men in some African tribes scarify their faces
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "scarify" is one way to...):
puncture (pierce with a pointed object; make a hole into)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
scar (a mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Example:
scarify soil
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "scarify" is one way to...):
loosen (make less dense)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 3
Meaning:
Example:
scarify seeds
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "scarify" is one way to...):
mark; nock; score (make small marks into the surface of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something