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scarify::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | puncture |
| Derivation | scar |
The men in some African tribes scarify their faces.
Examples of scarify
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Before planting, it helps to speed up germination if you scarify the seed.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Some gardeners never weed, feed, scarify or fret over their lawn.
From the telegraph.co.uk
He then proceeded to scarify a field just when two plovers were diving preparing to mate and nest.
From the guardian.co.uk
Scarify lawns where there has been a build up of thatch or moss.
From the guardian.co.uk
How to scarify seeds of Mexican plum tree?
From the chron.com
No need to soak or scarify.
From the independent.co.uk
Tom contrived to scarify the cupboard with it, and was arranging to begin on the bureau, when he was called off to dress for Sunday-school.
From the sacbee.com
In the Gulf of Mexico, trawlers ply back and forth year in year out, hauling vast nets that scarify the seabed and allow no time for plant and animal life to recover.
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- Puncture and scar (the skin), as for purposes or tribal identification or rituals; "The men in some African tribes scarify their faces"
- Scratch the surface of; "scarify seeds"
- Break up; "scarify soil"
- Scarifying involves scratching, etching, or superficially cutting designs, pictures, or words into the skin as a permanent body modification.
- (Scarification (botany)) Scarification in botany involves cutting the seed coat using abrasion, thermal stress, or chemicals to encourage germination.
- To scar; Denude, or lay waste to; To remove thatch (build-up of organic matter on the soil) from a lawn, to de-thatch
- (scarified) damaged, barren, denuded, scarred, wasted
- (SCARIFYING) Disruption of the smooth surface of concrete by creating scars, dents and a generally rough surface to remove any chemical bond inhibitors and permit the acceptance of bonding, sealing, adhesive or other coating materials.
- (SCARIFYING) This is scratching or notching the seat coat to speed germination on some hard seeds. Catalogs will usually tell you when this is helpful.
