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scarf
scarf—A long, often knitted, garment worn around the neck.
/skɑːf/, /skɑːɹf/
Origin
Probably from Old Northern French escarpe (compare Old French escharpe (“pilgrim's purse suspended from the neck”), which see). The verb is derived from the noun. Doublet of scrip.
noun
- A long, often knitted, garment worn around the neck.“Now that she had rested and had fed from the luncheon tray Mrs. Broome had just removed, she had reverted to her normal gaiety. She looked cool in a grey tailored cotton dress with a terracotta scarf ”
- A headscarf.
- datedA neckcloth or cravat.
- transitiveA type of joint in woodworking, formed by two shaped ends that fit into or onto each other.
- transitiveA groove on one side of a sewing machine needle.
- transitiveA dip or notch or cut made in the trunk of a tree to direct its fall when felling.
- Scotland, transitiveA cormorant.
verb
- transitiveTo throw on loosely; to put on like a scarf.“Vp from my Cabin, / My ſea-gowne scarft about me in the darke / Gropt I to find out them, […]”
- transitiveTo dress with a scarf, or as with a scarf; to cover with a loose wrapping.“She scarfed her head.”“The back of her tan trenchcoat swished from left to right as she scarfed her head and disappeared into the dusk.”
- transitiveTo cover as or like a scarf.“A cowl scarfed her shoulders.”“She was trying to keep the silken veil scarfing her shoulders in order.”“Transfixed on the smaller branches, intensely black against the moon, were organs harvested from the body cavity – heart, spleen, kidneys and liver. […] A length of slippery bowel scarfed my neck.”
- transitiveTo shape by grinding or oxyfuel torch cutting.
- transitiveTo form a scarf on the end or edge of, as for a joint in timber, forming a "V" groove for welding adjacent metal plates, metal rods, etc.
- transitiveTo unite, as two pieces of timber or metal, by a scarf joint.
- US, slang, transitiveTo eat very quickly.“You sure scarfed that pizza.”“We dug in. We ate everything there was to eat on the table. We ate like there was no tomorrow. We didn't talk. We ate. We scarfed. We grazed that table. We were into serious eating. We finished everyt”“Me: scarfing my daughter’s macaroni and cheese, now chilly, over the sink while halfheartedly rinsing dishes.”
Formsscarves(plural) · scarfs(plural) · scarfs(present, singular, third-person) · scarfing(participle, present) · scarfed(participle, past) · scarfed(past) · scarve(alternative) · scart(alternative) · skart(alternative)
Appeared In
Daily Puzzle #1814 · June 7, 2026
Dordle Board 2 #42 · May 22, 2026
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