A2verb · transitive · rare

scarf

scarf · scarfs · scarfed · scarfing

насмехаться, осмеивать

verlachen

To throw on loosely; to put on like a scarfTo throw on loosely; to put on like a scarf.

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UK/skɑːf/US/skɑɹf/

» I bought a scarf for Mary.

Я купив Мері шарф.

Я купила Мері шарф.

Meaning

7 senses

(transitive)To throw on loosely; to put on like a scarf.
(transitive)To dress with a scarf, or as with a scarf; to cover with a loose wrapping.
She scarfed her head.
(transitive)To cover as or like a scarf.
A cowl scarfed her shoulders.
wrap in or adorn with a scarf
(transitive)To shape by grinding or oxyfuel torch cutting.
(transitive)To form a scarf on the end or edge of, as for a joint in timber, forming a "V" groove for welding adjacent metal plates, metal rods, etc.
(transitive)To unite, as two pieces of timber or metal, by a scarf joint.
unite by a scarf joint
(US, slang, transitive)To eat very quickly.
You sure scarfed that pizza.

Examples

217 sentences

I bought a scarf for Mary.
Я купив Мері шарф.
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She has a scarf around her neck.
У неї шарф навколо шиї.
ruУ неё на шее шарф.
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Where did you get that orange scarf?
Звідки у тебе цей оранжевий шарф?
ruОткуда у тебя этот оранжевый шарф?
deWoher hast du dieses orangene Halstuch?
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Don't you like my yellow scarf?
Хіба тобі не подобається мій жовтий шарф?
ruТебе не нравится мой жёлтый шарф?
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Where did you buy that scarf?
Де ти купив цей шарф?
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Origin

Probably from Old Northern French escarpe (compare Old French escharpe (“pilgrim's purse s

Probably from Old Northern French escarpe (compare Old French escharpe (“pilgrim's purse suspended from the neck”), which see). The verb is derived from the noun. Doublet of scrip.

Of uncertain origin. Possibly from Old Norse skarfr, derivative of skera (“to cut”).

Generally thought to be a variant, attested since the 1950s, of scoff (“eat (quickly)”) (of which scorf is another attested variant), itself a variant of scaff. Sometimes alternatively suggested to be a dialectal survival of Old English scearfian, sceorfan (“gnaw, bite”) (compare scurf).

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