Definition of "scarf" in Anglais

noun

1. A long, often knitted, garment worn around the neck.

2. A headscarf.

3. (dated) A neckcloth or cravat.

verb

1. To throw on loosely; to put on like a scarf.

2. To dress with a scarf, or as with a scarf; to cover with a loose wrapping.

   • She scarfed her head.

3. To cover as or like a scarf.

   • A cowl scarfed her shoulders.

noun

1. A type of joint in woodworking, formed by two shaped ends that fit into or onto each other.

2. A groove on one side of a sewing machine needle.

3. A dip or notch or cut made in the trunk of a tree to direct its fall when felling.

verb

1. To shape by grinding or oxyfuel torch cutting.

2. 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.

3. To unite, as two pieces of timber or metal, by a scarf joint.

verb

1. (transitive, US, slang) To eat very quickly.

   • You sure scarfed that pizza.

noun

1. (Scotland) A cormorant.

noun

1. Archaic form of scurf (“skin disease; skin flakes”).