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Definition of scathe in English: scatheverb skeɪðskeɪð archaic 1with object and usually with negative Harm; injure. Example sentencesExamples - He'd been hit a few times, but for someone of his magnitude, it barely scathed him.
Synonyms hurt, wound, harm, damage, disable - 1.1literary Damage or destroy by fire or lightning.
the pine tree scathed by lightning-fire Example sentencesExamples - The little wiry bushes that grow all over Yosemite seem to be barely scathed by the flames in places, a tribute to their hardiness.
noun skeɪðskeɪð mass nounarchaic Harm; injury. it was cheering to hear that you had got through winter and diphtheria without scathe
Origin Middle English: from Old Norse skathi (noun), skatha (verb); related to Dutch and German schaden (verb). Rhymes bathe, lathe, rathe, spathe, swathe Definition of scathe in US English: scatheverbskeɪðskāT͟H usually be scathedarchaic 1with object and usually with negative Harm; injure. Example sentencesExamples - He'd been hit a few times, but for someone of his magnitude, it barely scathed him.
Synonyms hurt, wound, harm, damage, disable - 1.1literary Damage or destroy by fire or lightning.
Example sentencesExamples - The little wiry bushes that grow all over Yosemite seem to be barely scathed by the flames in places, a tribute to their hardiness.
Origin Middle English: from Old Norse skathi (noun), skatha (verb); related to Dutch and German schaden (verb). |