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SCARIFY

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

Irregular inflected form: scarified  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 I. (verb) 

Verb forms

Present simple: I / you / we / they scarify  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it scarifies  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Past simple: scarified  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Past participle: scarified  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

-ing form: scarifying  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Sense 1

Meaning:

Puncture and scar (the skin), as for purposes or tribal identification or ritualsplay

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:

Break upplay

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:

Scratch the surface ofplay

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

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