scarify
verb (specialist)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they scarify | |
| he / she / it scarifies | |
| past simple scarified | |
| past participle scarified | |
| -ing form scarifying |
- scarify something
to break up an area of grass, etc. and remove pieces of material from it that are not wanted 翻松（草地等） Scarify the lawn vigorously with a rake. 用耙子用力翻松草坪。
- scarify something
to make cuts in the surface of something, especially skin 划破（尤指皮肤）
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French scarifier, via late Latin from Greek skariphasthai ‘scratch an outline’, from skariphos ‘stylus’.