mar

Noun · Verb

Synonyms: March Mar blemish defect impair spoil deflower vitiate mutilate

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

the month following February and preceding AprilSynonyms: March Mar
a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body)“a facial blemish”Synonyms: blemish defect

Verb (2)

make imperfect“nothing marred her beauty”Synonyms: impair spoil deflower vitiate
destroy or injure severely“mutilated bodies”Synonyms: mutilate

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Maa \Maa\, n. [See New a gull.] (Zool.) The common European gull (Larus canus); -- called also mar. See New, a gull. [1913 Webster]

Mar \Mar\, n. A mark or blemish made by bruising, scratching, or the like; a disfigurement. [1913 Webster]

Mar \Mar\, n. A small lake. See Mere. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]

Mar \Mar\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Marred (m[aum]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. [1913 Webster]

I pray you mar no more trees with wiring love songs in their barks.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

But mirth is marred, and the good cheer is lost.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]

Ire, envy, and despair Which marred all his borrowed visage.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

2.To spoil; to ruin. "It makes us, or it mars us." "Striving to mend, to mar the subject." --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Mew \Mew\, n. [AS. m?w, akin to D. meeuw, G. m["o]we, OHG. m?h, Icel. m[=a]r.] (Zool.) A gull, esp. the common British species (Larus canus); called also sea mew, maa, mar, mow, and cobb. [1913 Webster]