scarf

Plural: scarfs, scarves

Noun

• A piece of cloth worn for warmth, fashion, or protection.
• a garment worn around the head or neck or shoulders for warmth or decoration
• a joint made by notching the ends of two pieces of timber or metal so that they will lock together end-to-end
• A long, often knitted, garment worn around the neck.
• A headscarf.
• A neckcloth or cravat.
• A type of joint in woodworking, formed by two shaped ends that fit into or onto each other.
• A groove on one side of a sewing machine needle.
• A dip or notch or cut made in the trunk of a tree to direct its fall when felling.
• A cormorant.
• Archaic form of scurf (“skin disease; skin flakes”).

Verb

Verb Forms: scarfed, scarfing, scarfs

• To cover or wrap with a scarf.
• masturbate while strangling oneself
• unite by a scarf joint
• wrap in or adorn with a scarf
• To throw on loosely; to put on like a scarf.
• To dress with a scarf, or as with a scarf; to cover with a loose wrapping.
• To cover as or like a scarf.
• To shape by grinding or oxyfuel torch cutting.
• 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.
• To unite, as two pieces of timber or metal, by a scarf joint.
• To eat very quickly.

Examples

• A cowl scarfed her shoulders.
• He decided to SCARF the board with his long word, blocking several lines of play.
• She laid down SCARF, covering three different premium squares at once.
• She scarfed her head.
• You sure scarfed that pizza.

Synonyms

scarf joint, guzzle, scarf down, scarf up, scoff

Anagrams of scarf