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

1. transitive 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.
2. transitive verb. To stir the surface soil of, as a field.
3. verb. puncture and scar (the skin), as for purposes or tribal identification or rituals

   "The men in some African tribes scarify their faces"

4. verb. break up

   "scarify soil"

5. verb. scratch the surface of

   "scarify seeds"

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in scarify:

sacrify

Common word forms

scarified, scarifier, scarifies, scarifying

Words from these letters

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