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# mar

«mar» in Mova's school dictionary: **To spoil or damage something, making it less good or less…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (mar, mars, marred, marring)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) To spoil or damage something, making it less good or less beautiful. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mar/#m1)

2) (Mar.) Short for March, the month, in lists and calendars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mar/#m2)

3) Mar! is an old shout meaning 'hit him, hit him!' [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mar/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Used mainly in writing and news: «the match was marred by rain», «the picture was marred by a scratch». It tells the reader something good was partly ruined. In everyday talk people say «spoil» or «ruin». Phrases: marred by, make or mar (old saying).

### examples

- Rain marred our sports day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mar/#x1)
- A deep scratch marred the shiny table. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mar/#x2)
- The party was marred by an argument. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mar/#x3)
- Nothing could mar her happiness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mar/#x4)
- Litter marred the beautiful beach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mar/#x5)
- One mistake marred an otherwise perfect test. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mar/#x6)
- The holiday was marred by a stomach bug. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mar/#x7)
- Graffiti marred the new wall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mar/#x8)
- Mar! (Hit him, hit him!) Mind the post! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mar/#x9)

### note

Verb forms double the r: marred, marring. Formal/written; casual talk: spoil, ruin, wreck. «Mar» is also an abbreviation of March in lists; that is not the verb. Do not confuse with «ma» (mum) or «mare» (female horse).

### In the corpora

- [Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.569/)
- [Thus saith the LORD: After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem,](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.379/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «mar» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mar/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.