mar
pronunciation
How to pronounce mar in British English:
UK [mɑː(r)]
How to pronounce mar in American English:
US [mɑːr]
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- Noun:
- a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body)
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- Verb:
- make imperfect
- destroy or injure severely
Word Origin
- mar (v.)
- Old English merran (Anglian), mierran (West Saxon) "to waste, spoil," from Proto-Germanic *marzjan (cognates: Old Frisian meria, Old High German marren "to hinder, obstruct," Gothic marzjan "to hinder, offend"), from PIE root *mers- "to trouble, confuse" (cognates: Sanskrit mrsyate "forgets, neglects," Lithuanian mirszati "to forget"). Related: Marred; marring.
Example
- 1. Do you trust her not to let feelings mar her judgement ?
- 2. Will performance-enhancing drugs mar this summer 's olympic games in london ?
- 3. Bossons glacier in the french alps near chamonix on 12 mar 2007 ( left ) and 12 mar 2008 .
- 4. " It was important for the chinese to show that they can build complicated projects to top quality , " says don robinson , baha mar president .
- 5. Fri mar 18 , 2011 11:00 am et