Dictionary Entry
scarify
scarify is a 7-letter English word with 5 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To scratch or cut the skin of; esp. (Med.), to make small incisions in, by means of a lancet or scarificator, so as to draw blood from the smaller vessels without opening a large vein. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 15 · 5 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To scratch or cut the skin of; esp. (Med.), to make small incisions in, by means of a lancet or scarificator, so as to draw blood from the smaller vessels without opening a large vein.
- 2transitive verb
To stir the surface soil of, as a field.
- 3verb
puncture and scar (the skin), as for purposes or tribal identification or rituals
"The men in some African tribes scarify their faces"
- 4verb
break up
"scarify soil"
- 5verb
scratch the surface of
"scarify seeds"
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