mar Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the month following February and preceding April
    March.
  2. noun a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body)
    blemish; defect.
    • a facial blemish
  3. verb make imperfect
    impair; deflower; vitiate; spoil.
    • nothing marred her beauty
  4. verb destroy or injure severely
    mutilate.
    • mutilated bodies

WordNet

Mar noun
Definitions
  1. A small lake. See Mere. Prov. Eng.
Mar transitive verb
Etymology
OE. marren, merren, AS. merran, myrran (in comp.), to obstruct, impede, dissipate; akin to OS. merrian, OHG. marrjan, merran; cf. D. marren, meeren, to moor a ship, Icel. merja to bruise, crush, and Goth. marzjan to offend. Cf. Moor, v.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Marred present participle & verbal noun Marring
Definitions
  1. To make defective; to do injury to, esp. by cutting off or defacing a part; to impair; to disfigure; to deface.
    I pray you mar no more trees with wiring love songs in their barks. Shak.
    But mirth is marred, and the good cheer is lost. Dryden.
    Ire, envy, and despair Which marred all his borrowed visage. Milton.
  2. To spoil; to ruin. "It makes us, or it mars us." "Striving to mend, to mar the subject." Shak.
Mar noun
Definitions
  1. A mark or blemish made by bruising, scratching, or the like; a disfigurement.

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