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scarf

Pronunciation: /skɑːf/

The English word “scarf” has 14 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A long, often knitted, garment worn around the neck.
  2. A headscarf.
  3. A neckcloth or cravat.
  4. A type of joint in woodworking, formed by two shaped ends that fit into or onto each other.
  5. A groove on one side of a sewing machine needle.
  6. A dip or notch or cut made in the trunk of a tree to direct its fall when felling.
  7. A cormorant.

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.
  3. To cover as or like a scarf.
  4. To shape by grinding or oxyfuel torch cutting.
  5. 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.
  6. To unite, as two pieces of timber or metal, by a scarf joint.
  7. To eat very quickly.

Etymology

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.

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