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Definition: Scarf |
ScarfNoun1. A garment worn around the head or neck or shoulders for warmth or decoration. Verb1. Masturbate while strangling oneself. 2. Unite by a scarf joint. 3. Wrap in or adorn with a scarf. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "scarf" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Food & Agriculture | The deep notch cut into the base of a tree(following laying in)to govern the direction in which it is to fall and also to prevent the butt splitting. Source: European Union. (references) |
| The sloping surface left on a butt log or stump as a result of the undercut. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Metallurgy | To eliminate cracks by removal of metal in order to abolish the notch effect. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. A lapped joint made by beveling, notching, or otherwise cutting away the sides of two timbers at the ends, and bolting or strapping them together so as to form one continuous piece, usually without increased thickness. Also called scarf joint b. A piece of metal shaped or beveled for a scarf wel. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Canonicals | Noun: canonicals, vestments; robe, gown, Geneva gown frock, pallium, surplice, cassock, dalmatic, scapulary, cope, mozetta, scarf, tunicle, chasuble, alb, alba, stole; fanon, fannel; tonsure, cowl, hood; calote, calotte; bands; capouch, amice; vagas, vakas, vakass; apron, lawn sleeves, pontificals, pall; miter, tiara, triple crown; shovel hat, cardinal's hat; biretta; crosier; pastoral staff, thurifer; costume. |
Clothing | Neckerchief, neckcloth; tie, ruff, collar, cravat, stock, handkerchief, scarf; bib, tucker; boa; cummerbund, rumal, rabat. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Scarf |
| English words defined with "scarf": bannerlike, bloody, boa ♦ Cymar ♦ damply ♦ Fanon, feather boa, fichu ♦ humeral veil ♦ kerchief ♦ lambrequin, Liripoop ♦ Maniple, mantilla, moistly, muffler ♦ pick up ♦ sable, Scarfed, Scarfing, Scarfs, Scarves, Shash, Simar, stole, surmount ♦ turban. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "scarf": ROUTER OPERATOR. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "scarf": Skart. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Scarf" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Swedish (scarf). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Does Michael know where my scarf is (O; writing credit: Brad Kaaya) Oh, a scarf. It's got that beautiful beege color (All in the Family; writing credit: Johnny Speight; Norman Lear) | |
Lyrics | Your scarf it was apricot (YOU'RE SO VAIN; performing artist: Carly Simon) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Scarf of Mist Thigh of Satin (1966) The Green Scarf (1954) Part 1: Small Scarf Patch and Doubler Patch Aircraft Wood Repair (1943) Sign of the Scarf (1917) His Mother's Scarf (1911) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Books | |
Theater & Movies | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Cherub in cap and scarf digging in snow. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | William Pinkney Rodgers, half-length portrait, seated, with blue scarf, holding hat. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Mrs. Florence Fleming Noyes in a scarf dance. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Fritzie Horydczak. Portrait of Fritzie Horydczak wearing hat and scarf. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Girl With Blue Scarf I" by Elisabeth Howe Commentary: "Contemplations... Rachel, in a blue scarf, posing by an agapanthas plant." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | You should wear a protective cap or scarf when you're in the sun or outdoors in cold weather. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Ed McMahon | The collar had to be just right. The scarf, you know, everything perfect. So, to have him thrown in there soaking wet, everybody loved it. All the times he nailed me, I was rejoicing when I saw that. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Scarf" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 96.89% of the time. "Scarf" is used about 481 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 96.89% | 467 | 12,638 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 2.7% | 13 | 97,576 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 0.41% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 481 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "scarf": head scarf ♦ scarf bandage ♦ scarf joint ♦ scarf out ♦ scarf pin ♦ scarf weld ♦ scarf welding ♦ sweater scarf ♦ to scarf. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "scarf": scarf-draped, scarf-jointed, scarf-skin, scarf-waving, scarf-wearing, scarf-weld. | |
Ending with "scarf": head-scarf. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
scarf | 673 | red scarf girl | 20 |
silk scarf | 378 | knotty silk scarf | 19 |
burberry scarf | 204 | football scarf | 18 |
window scarf | 108 | wholesale scarf | 18 |
hermes scarf | 78 | belly dance hip scarf | 17 |
harry potter scarf | 74 | fashion scarf | 17 |
tie scarf | 64 | cooling scarf | 16 |
hip scarf | 48 | man scarf | 15 |
head scarf | 44 | scarf how to wear | 15 |
scarf tying | 42 | designer scarf | 15 |
scarf bondage | 39 | winter scarf | 15 |
curtain scarf | 39 | silk scarf bondage | 15 |
soccer scarf | 30 | knitting scarf pattern | 14 |
louis scarf vuitton | 30 | knitted scarf | 14 |
scarf web site | 29 | crochet scarf | 14 |
bray and scarf | 26 | echo scarf | 13 |
scarf window treatment | 24 | hair scarf | 13 |
scarf valance | 22 | scarf hat | 13 |
cashmere scarf | 21 | ravenclaw scarf | 13 |
knit scarf | 20 | pashmina scarf | 12 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "scarf"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | shirit (band, bandage, bar, braid, cleat, colors, colours, edging, fillet, ribbon, sash, strap, stria, stripe, Taenia, tape, tapeworm), shall (cravat, muffle, muffler, neckcloth, neckerchief, neckpiece, shawl, throw, wrap), pres pjerrësisht, mbështjell (clothe, coil, encase, enfold, enlace, enshroud, envelop, enwrap, fold, inlace, involve, lap, mantle, muffle, nuzzle, overcast, reel, reel up, roll, sheet, throw on, throw out, tuck up, twine, underpin, wind, wind on, wrap, wreathe), lidh me thithë, lidh me kllapë, kravatë (neckcloth, necktie, neckwear, tie), kllapë (clip, cog, cramp, damper, dovetail, mortise, parenthesis, rabbet, valve), brez (band, belt, cincture, descent, generation, girdle, remove, sash, streak), bashkoj me kllapë. (various references) | |
Arabic | لفاع, وشاح (cordon, kerchief, ribbon, sash, veil), وشح (interlard), غطاء للمائدة ضيق مزخرف, تلسين (splice), طرحة وشاح, شجة (notch), شج (scar, score, scratch, slash). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | увивам с шалче, скосяване (rake), скосен ръб, слагам шалче, шарф (sash), шалче (cravat, hanky, kerchief, neckerchief, overlay), широка мъжка вратовръзка, наставям, мятам шалче, ешарп, продълговата покривка, дълга ивица китова мас. (various references) | |
Chamorro | atmadót. (various references) | |
Chinese | 圍巾 (shawl), 围巾 (Muffler, Mufflers, Scarfs, Scarves). (various references) | |
Czech | šála (muffler, shawl). (various references) | |
Danish | stødflade, skrå snit, toerklaede, opmejsling, foulard (foulard), forhug (belly cut, birdsmouth, box, dip, face, gullet, kerf, lek, moutch, notch, round-up, set-up, sink, throat, undercut). (various references) | |
Dutch | sjerp, scheuren wegslijpen, zool van de valkerf (bed), valkerf (belly cut, birdsmouth, box, dip, face, gullet, kerf, lek, moutch, notch, round-up, set-up, sink, throat, undercut), foulard (foulard). (various references) | |
Farsi | حمایل ابریشمی وامثال ان , روسری (Headgear, Hood, Kerchief), شال گردن بستن (Shawl), شال گردن (Muffler), درشال پیچیدن . (various references) | |
Finnish | poistaa pintasäröt, liitos (join, joint, seam), kaulaliina (neckerchief), kaulahuivi, kaatokolo (belly cut, birdsmouth, box, dip, face, gullet, kerf, lek, moutch, notch, round-up, set-up, sink, throat, undercut), jatkaa (add a piece to, carry on, continue, extend, go on, join, keep on, lengthen, proceed, proceed with, resume), huivi (head scarf, shawl). (various references) | |
French | foulard, fichu, écharpe. (various references) | |
German | Schal (empty, flat, muffler, shawl, stale, vapid, weak), Halstuch (cravat, kerchief, neckcloth, neckerchief, tie). (various references) | |
Greek | κασκόλ (comforter, muffler), φουλάρι (bandanna). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מטפחת (covering, kerchief, napkin, shawl), רדיד (shawl, stole, tippet, veil), צורונית, צעיף (mask, muffler, shawl, stole, tippet, veil). (various references) | |
Hungarian | sál (comforter, muffler, neckerchief, scarves, shawl), nyakkendő (cravat, four-in-hand, necktie, scarves, tie), kaja (chow, dub, grub, scoff, scran, tommy), ferde lapolású illesztés, ferde lapolású hegesztés (scarf welding), ferde lapolás, ferdén levágott gerendavég, ferdén levágott fémlemezvég, ferdén fogazott lapolás, feldarabolás (dismemberment, hacking). (various references) | |
Indonesian | syal (cravat, muffler, tab), selendang (muffler, shawl), penyambungan, alesduk. (various references) | |
Irish | scairf. (various references) | |
Italian | sciarpa (muffler, neckerchief, sash), fazzoletto da collo (fichu, neckcloth, neckerchief). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 襟巻き (muffler), 襟巻 (comforter, muffler), マネーフロー分析 (kind of bicycle favored by housewives running errands around their neighborhood, mafia, maharaja, Mahatma, mahogany, Mahomet, malaria, Malibu, Mama, management, manager, mannequin, mannequin girl, manometer, maracas, maraschino, marathon, Maya, mayonnaise, monetarism, money laundering, money market, money-flow analysis, moneymaker, muff, muffin, muffler), スエズ運河 (multistory parking garage, scarlet, scenic mountain road, scout, skirt, sky, sky blue, sky mate, sky restaurant, skydiver, skydiving, skyjack, Skylab, sky-laboratory, skylark, skylight, skyline, skyscraper, squash, student discount air ticket, Suez Canal, sweat). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | マフラー (muffler), スカーフ , えりまき (comforter, muffler). (various references) | |
Korean | 스카프 (Scarfs, Scarves). (various references) | |
Manx | skerin (splice), bussal mwannal (muffler). (various references) | |
Mohawk | teyontenyàteren'. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | arfscay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | mesa do trço de abate, lenço para o pescoço e para os ombros, lenço para o pescoço, lenço de pescoço (ascot, choker), lenço (belcher, kerchief, rag, wiper), gravata (choker, cravat, daylight, neckcloth, necktie, tie), estola (stole), esquartejar (flench, flense, quarter), echarpe (ascot), chanfrar (bevel, cant, chamfer, dent, groove, jag, nick, notch, rabbet, splay), cachecol (belcher, comforter, cravat, muffler, neckerchief, wrap), bica (drain, faucet, fountain, spout, tap, water pipe, waterspout), banda (bank shore, border, coast beach, crowd, edge, gang, ribbon, sash, side, throng). (various references) | |
Romanian | eşarfã (comforter, sash, shawl), cravatã (choker, cravat, neckcloth, neckerchief, necklace, necktie, neck-tie, overlay, tie), şal (comforter, shawl, wrap). (various references) | |
Russian | шарф (cravat, muffler, neckerchief, scarves, throw). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | spojiti šavom, spoj (compound, connection, contact, joggle, join, joint, juncture, rabbet), sastaviti šavom, rubac, marama (kerchief, shawl), šal (muffler, neckpiece, shawl, wrap). (various references) | |
Spanish | pañuelo (bandana, bandanna, fichu, handkerchief, hanky, kerchief, neckerchief, neckpiece, nose rag, Square), echarpe (shawl), bufanda (comforter, muffler). (various references) | |
Swedish | halsduk (cravat, kerchief, muffler, neckcloth, neckerchief, neckpiece, necktie). (various references) | |
Thai | หัวเราะ (bobbie hat and scarf, laugh, tin bath). (various references) | |
Turkish | kaşkol, geçme yeri (rabbet joint), geçme ile tutturmak, geçirmek (bash, carry, come through, communicate, conduct, Dot, dot smb. one, extrude, fetch, get over, get through, make pass, outstay, pass, pass away, pass on, post, put in, reach, screw, see off, see smb. to the door, show smb. to the door, slip, spend, spin out, stick, swipe, take in, transfer, transmit, undergo, while away, wile away, work out), fular (foulard, kerchief), ek yeri (commissure, join, joint, juncture, splice, suture), eşarp (Babushka, cravat, kerchief, shawl, wrapper), boyunbağı (cravat, neckcloth, necktie, neckwear, tie), başörtüsü (headgear, shawl, tire, veil), şal (shawl, stole, throw, wrap, wrapper), atkı (kerchief, muffler, shawl, shoe-buckle, stock, stole, tippet, weft, wimple, woof, wrap, wrapper). (various references) | |
Turkmen | юarf (r), яaglyk. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | різати навкіс, траурна пов'язка (crepe, weed, weeper), шарф (cravat, muffler, neckerchief, neckpiece, sash), косий край, галстук (cravat, necktie, tie), обкутувати (envelop, obnubilate, wrap up), надівати у вигляді шарфа. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | đường xoi (groove, scarves). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | scirpus. (various references) |
| Old French | 900-1400 | escherpe. (various references) |
| Old North French | 1200-1500 | escarpe. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "scarf": scarfed, scarfing, scarfpin, scarfpins, scarfs, scarfskin, scarfskins. (additional references) | |
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"Scarf" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Cyrff, escar, icraf, sacfry, sarf, scaf, scafe, scaff, scaffy, scaft, scair, scanro, scara, scarff, scarfo, scarg, scaro, scart, scaru, scarv, scarve, scauf, scbr, sceaf, scer, Schaerf, scharf, Scharpf, Sciara, scif, scorf, scra, scraz, Scurfe, sharf, snarf, sparf, suarf. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-f-r-s" | |
-1 letter: arcs, arfs, cars, scar. | |
-2 letters: arc, arf, ars, car, far, fas, ras, sac. | |
-3 letters: ar, as, fa. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-f-r-s" | |
+1 letter: crafts, facers, farces, fracas, francs, scarfs. | |
+2 letters: carafes, carfuls, chafers, fabrics, factors, farcers, farcies, fiacres, fractus, refaces, scarfed, scarify, surface. | |
+3 letters: alfresco, carfares, chaffers, chamfers, chaufers, crawfish, crayfish, defacers, effacers, factures, fanciers, farceurs, flatcars, forecast, fracases, fractals, fracturs, furcates, furnaces, futharcs, infarcts, infracts, prefaces, rackfuls, refracts, scarfing, scarfpin, sclaffer, scrofula, seacraft, surfaced, surfacer, surfaces, traffics. | |
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