Mar : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Mar	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for Mar
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Mar n the month following February and preceding April [syn: March, Mar] a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body); "a facial blemish" Synonym(s): blemish, defect, mar v make imperfect; "nothing marred her beauty" [syn: mar, impair, spoil, deflower, vitiate] destroy or injure severely; "mutilated bodies" Synonym(s): mutilate, mar
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mar \Mar\, n. A small lake. See {Mere}. [Prov. Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mar \Mar\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Marred} (m[84]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Marring}.] [OE. marren, merren, AS. merran, myrran (in comp.), to obstruct, impede, dissipate; akin to OS. merrian, OHG. marrjan, merran; cf. D. marren, meeren, to moor a ship, Icel. merja to bruise, crush, and Goth. marzjan to offend. Cf. {Moor}, v.] 1. To make defective; to do injury to, esp. by cutting off or defacing a part; to impair; to disfigure; to deface. I pray you mar no more trees with wiring love songs in their barks. --Shak. But mirth is marred, and the good cheer is lost. --Dryden. Ire, envy, and despair Which marred all his borrowed visage. --Milton. 2. To spoil; to ruin. [bd]It makes us, or it mars us.[b8] [bd]Striving to mend, to mar the subject.[b8] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mar \Mar\, n. A mark or blemish made by bruising, scratching, or the like; a disfigurement.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Maa \Maa\, n. [See {New} a gull.] (Zo[94]l.) The common European gull ({Larus canus}); -- called also {mar}. See {New}, a gull.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mew \Mew\, n. [AS. m[?]w, akin to D. meeuw, G. m[94]we, OHG. m[?]h, Icel. m[be]r.] (Zo[94]l.) A gull, esp. the common British species ({Larus canus}); called also {sea mew}, {maa}, {mar}, {mow}, and {cobb}.