scarify
To remove thatch from a lawn, to dethatchTo remove thatch (build-up of organic matter on the soil) from a lawn, to dethatch.
Meaning
9 sensesTo remove thatch (build-up of organic matter on the soil) from a lawn, to dethatch.
To make scratches or cuts on.
A combing tool is used to scarify, cross-scratch, or score the surface of a scratch coat or undercoat of plaster.
To make scratches or cuts on.
To damage the testa (seed coat) of a seed by cutting, scraping, chemicals, hot water, or fire to allow permeation of water and faster germination.
To break up, loosen, or roughen the surface of a field or road or a hard surface.
To scratch, etch, burn, or cut designs into one's skin as a form of body modification.
(figuratively)To harrow the feelings.
(uncommon)To frighten; to scare, to terrify.
(nonstandard, obsolete)To scar.
(nonstandard, obsolete)Denude, or lay waste to.
- puncture and scar (the skin), as for purposes or tribal identification or rituals
- break up
- scratch the surface of
Translations
3 languagesOrigin
From French scarifier, from Late Latin scarificāre, from Latin scarifāre (“to scarify”), fFrom French scarifier, from Late Latin scarificāre, from Latin scarifāre (“to scarify”), from Ancient Greek σκαριφᾶσθαι (skariphâsthai, “scratch”), from σκάριφος (skáriphos, “writing, drawing, sketching”). Unrelated to scar.
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Forms
scarifies, scarifying, scarified, scarifiedWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle