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scarf

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Synonyms: scary, snarf, scard, scar, scarp, scare, swarf, scart, scurf, sarf, scars

Antonyms: scary, snarf, scard, scar, scarp, scare, swarf, scart, scurf, sarf, scars

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Noun

  1. A long, often knitted, garment worn around the neck.
  2. A headscarf.
  3. A neckcloth or cravat.

Verb

  1. To throw on loosely; to put on like a scarf.
  2. To dress with a scarf, or as with a scarf; to cover with a loose wrapping.
    • She scarfed her head.
  3. To cover as or like a scarf.
    • A cowl scarfed her shoulders.

Noun

  1. A type of joint in woodworking, formed by two shaped ends that fit into or onto each other.
  2. A groove on one side of a sewing machine needle.
  3. A dip or notch or cut made in the trunk of a tree to direct its fall when felling.

Verb

  1. To shape by grinding or oxyfuel torch cutting.
  2. 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.
  3. To unite, as two pieces of timber or metal, by a scarf joint.

Verb

  1. To eat very quickly.
    • You sure scarfed that pizza.

Noun

  1. A cormorant.

Noun

  1. Archaic form of scurf (“skin disease; skin flakes”).

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