scarf

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /skɑːf/
• (America) IPA: /skɑːɹf/

Noun

scarf (plural scarves)

1. A long, often knitted, garment worn around the neck.
2. A headscarf.
3. (dated) A neckcloth or cravat.

Translations

• French: écharpe, cache-nez
• German: Schal
• Italian: sciarpa
• Portuguese: cachecol, echarpe
• Russian: шарф
• Spanish: bufanda

Verb

scarf (scarfs, present participle scarfing; past and past participle scarfed)

1. To throw on loosely; to put on like a scarf.
   • 1599-1601, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act 5, Scene 2:

     My sea-gown scarfed about me.

2. To dress with a scarf, or as with a scarf; to cover with a loose wrapping.

Noun

scarf (plural scarfs)

1. A type of joint in woodworking.
2. A groove on one side of a sewing machine needle.
3. A dip or notch or cut made in the trunk of a tree to direct its fall when felling.

Synonyms

• muffler

Verb

scarf (scarfs, present participle scarfing; past and past participle scarfed)

1. To shape by grinding.
2. To 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.
3. To unite, as two pieces of timber or metal, by a scarf joint.

Verb

scarf (scarfs, present participle scarfing; past and past participle scarfed)

1. (transitive, US, slang) To eat very quickly.

   You sure scarfed that pizza.

Translations

• French: engouffrer
• German: verschlingen
• Italian: ingurgitare, ingozzare, inghiottire

Noun

scarf (plural scarfs)

1. (Scotland) A cormorant.

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