Entry 4 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Mar

/mär/ · IPA /mɑɹ/

01 n. A small lake. See Mere.

1.
A small lake. See Mere.[Prov. Eng.] See: Mere

02 v. t. To make defective; to do injury to, esp. by cutting off or defacing a part; to impair; to disfigure; to deface.

imp. & p. p. Marred; p. pr. & vb. n. Marring

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.

03 n. A mark or blemish made by bruising, scratching, or the like; a disfigurement.

1.
A mark or blemish made by bruising, scratching, or the like; a disfigurement.