mar

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US /mɑɹ/ UK /mɑː(ɹ)/ See IPA manual

Freq #15449

Meanings

1

verb
make imperfect

Nothing marred their beauty.
2

verb
To spoil; to ruin; to scathe; to damage.

[…] and putteth ether many a good mā by ignorance in ieopardy of his life, or marreth good medicines to the great diſhoneſtie both of the Phiſician and of Goddes worthy creatures, the herbes and medecines:.
3

noun
A blemish.

For concealing deep mars, some manufacturers offer putty sticks in colors that match their panels.
4

noun
a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body)

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1 verb · make imperfect spoil

4 noun · a mark or flaw that spoils... blemish

Word family

Forms marrings

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English merren, from Old English mierran (“to mar, disturb, confuse; scatter, squander, waste; upset, hinder, obstruct; err”), from Proto-Germanic *marzijaną (“to disturb, hinder”), from Proto-Indo-European *mers- (“to annoy, disturb, neglect, forget, ignore”). Cognate with Scots mer, mar (“to obstruct, impede, spoil, ruin”), Dutch marren (“to push along, delay, hinder”), dialectal German merren (“to entangle”), Icelandic merja (“to bruise, crush”), Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌶𐌾𐌰𐌽 (marzjan, “to annoy, bother, disturb, offend”), Lithuanian miršti (“to forget, lose, become oblivious, die”),...

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# mar

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** verb, noun
**IPA (US):** /mɑɹ/
**IPA (UK):** /mɑː(ɹ)/
**Frequency rank:** 15449

## Meanings
1. make imperfect
2. To spoil; to ruin; to scathe; to damage.
3. A blemish.
4. a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body)

## Examples
- Nothing marred their beauty.
- […] and putteth ether many a good mā by ignorance in ieopardy of his life, or marreth good medicines to the great diſhoneſtie both of the Phiſician and of Goddes worthy creatures, the herbes and medecines:.
- For concealing deep mars, some manufacturers offer putty sticks in colors that match their panels.

## Etymology
Inherited from Middle English merren, from Old English mierran (“to mar, disturb, confuse; scatter, squander, waste; upset, hinder, obstruct; err”), from Proto-Germanic *marzijaną (“to disturb, hinder”), from Proto-Indo-European *mers- (“to annoy, disturb, neglect, forget, ignore”). Cognate with Scots mer, mar (“to obstruct, impede, spoil, ruin”), Dutch marren (“to push along, delay, hinder”), dialectal German merren (“to entangle”), Icelandic merja (“to bruise, crush”), Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌶𐌾𐌰𐌽 (marzjan, “to annoy, bother, disturb, offend”), Lithuanian miršti (“to forget, lose, become oblivious, die”),...

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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