🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

表面を傷つける

Pronunciation / Transliteration: hyōmen o kizutsukeru

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Scarify/ˈskɛər.ɪ.faɪ/
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"芝生の手入れとして表面に浅い切り込みを入れる。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To make superficial cuts or scratches in the skin, typically for medical or ritualistic purposes.

    "The traditional healer used a sterile blade to scarify the patient's arm."
  2. 2

    To break up the surface of soil or remove moss and dead grass from a lawn.

    "Gardeners often scarify lawns in the autumn to improve water and nutrient absorption."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Late Middle English 'scarifien', originating from Old French 'scarifier', and ultimately from Late Latin 'scarificare', meaning to scratch or lacerate. The root traces back to the Greek 'skariphasthai', meaning to sketch or scratch lightly with a stylus, later evolving in medical and agricultural contexts to denote making superficial cuts or incisions.

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