noun
Meaning 1
A skin disease.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
scurf
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Pronunciation
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/skɜː(ɹ)f/
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noun
Meaning 2
The flakes of skin that fall off as a result of a skin disease.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dandruff
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Any crust-like formations on the skin, or in general.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
The foul remains of anything adherent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, figuratively, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: scum
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
Minute membranous scales on the surface of some leaves, as in the goosefoot.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
A low, mean person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 7
A grey bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 8
a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: scale, exfoliation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bit, chip, flake, fleck, scrap
Narrower terms: dander, dandruff
noun
Meaning 9
(botany) a covering that resembles scales or bran that covers some plant parts
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bit, chip, flake, fleck, scrap
History
Etymology
From scurf (“skin disease causing scabs or scales; flakes of skin that fall off due to a skin disease, etc.”), from Old English scurf, from Proto-Germanic *skurf- (“to gnaw”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut off, sever; to divide, separate”). Cognate with Dutch schurft, German Schorf, Danish skurv, Swedish skorv.
Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bengali: মরামাস (moramaś) — flakes of skin
- Bengali: খুশকি (khuśoki) — flakes of skin
- Bulgarian: пърхот (pǎrhot) — flakes of skin
- Crimean Tatar: kebek — flakes of skin
- Czech: lupy — flakes of skin
- Greek: πιτυρίδα (pityrída) — flakes of skin
- Ancient Greek: ἄχωρ (ákhōr) — flakes of skin
- Irish: gainne — flakes of skin
- Italian: crosta — flakes of skin
- Japanese: ふけ (fuke) — flakes of skin
- Japanese: かさぶた (kasabuta) — flakes of skin
- Māori: inaho — flakes of skin
- Māori: pakitea — flakes of skin
- Māori: māihiihi — flakes of skin
- Māori: māungaunga — flakes of skin
- Tagalog: balikuskos — flakes of skin
- Welsh: marwdon — flakes of skin
- Welsh: sgrwff — flakes of skin
- Welsh: cen — flakes of skin