scarify
verb /ˈskærɪfaɪ/, /ˈskeərɪfaɪ/
/ˈskerɪfaɪ/
(specialist)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they scarify | /ˈskærɪfaɪ/, /ˈskeərɪfaɪ/ /ˈskerɪfaɪ/ |
| he / she / it scarifies | /ˈskærɪfaɪz/, /ˈskeərɪfaɪz/ /ˈskerɪfaɪz/ |
| past simple scarified | /ˈskærɪfaɪd/, /ˈskeərɪfaɪd/ /ˈskerɪfaɪd/ |
| past participle scarified | /ˈskærɪfaɪd/, /ˈskeərɪfaɪd/ /ˈskerɪfaɪd/ |
| -ing form scarifying | /ˈskærɪfaɪɪŋ/, /ˈskeərɪfaɪɪŋ/ /ˈskerɪfaɪɪŋ/ |
- scarify something to break up an area of grass, etc. and remove pieces of material from it that are not wanted
- Scarify the lawn vigorously with a rake.
- scarify something to make cuts in the surface of something, especially skin
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French scarifier, via late Latin from Greek skariphasthai ‘scratch an outline’, from skariphos ‘stylus’.