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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
scarf
I.noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
green
▪ Victorine's green scarf, torn almost in two, flapped from a nearby branch.
▪ She plucked the green scarf from the throat of her raincoat, spread it on top of the heap of boulders.
▪ Use these 9 stitches from holly leaf for green parcels and scarf.
▪ It was a green scarf but let me quickly say that it was bereft of religious significance.
▪ Now the green scarf would become part of Victorine.
▪ Victorine had on her beige raincoat, the green scarf, a woollen shawl, and her stout boots.
red
▪ Liberated, Ethel frisked with a Jack Russell in a red, spotted scarf and wolfed up a half-eaten beefburger bun.
▪ A red silk scarf was tied around the bloated neck.
▪ She tossed the end of her red scarf over her shoulder, flung back her head and strode over to him.
▪ There was no tie, but a dark red silk scarf was tucked into the open neck of the shirt.
▪ In the distance he caught sight of a smart figure in navy, a red scarf round her neck, walking quickly.
▪ River Island provides our version with a red chiffon scarf for the finishing touch.
white
▪ He said McMullan discarded a white scarf and cap later found by detectives.
▪ She wore a leather helmet, a dashing white scarf.
▪ This was topped by the long white scarf and plain black, double twist crown.
▪ The gambling king stood to one side, wrapped in a black kimono, a white scarf knotted at his throat.
■ NOUN
silk
▪ Add a silk scarf for femininity.
▪ It was lined with soft fur and my fringed silk scarf.
▪ The elegantly draped silk scarf was two shades paler than his hair.
▪ She looked pretty in that short leather jacket she wore with the long colorful silk scarf.
▪ A red silk scarf was tied around the bloated neck.
▪ Konno paced the room, tugging at the ends of his silk scarf.
▪ There was no tie, but a dark red silk scarf was tucked into the open neck of the shirt.
▪ He wore shabby clothes and shoes and a black silk scarf, always, outdoors and in.
■ VERB
wear
▪ He was wearing a scarf, a pair of boots, and a look of considerable embarrassment.
▪ Shattuck encourages those who would stay healthy to wear a hat and scarf and to bundle up against the weather.
▪ It is a dark-haired girl, smiling. and wearing a university scarf I look at it every day.
▪ He was wearing a scarf, an overcoat, and a gray fedora hat.
▪ Constance had thick, coarse black hair and wore an orange scarf somehow knitted into it.
▪ She was wearing a navy scarf with a little gilt pin fastened to one side.
▪ She wore a scarf over her head and dark glasses.
▪ I still wear the lilac scarf she bought me.
wrap
▪ Head wrapped in a scarf and tied over her chin.
▪ A baseball cap wrapped with a scarf protects him from the sun.
▪ And at the bottom, wrapped in the light-red scarf Carolina had often worn to class, is a Walkman.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Hala took Fatima's place and the girl reached out and plucked a pin from the scarf which concealed her hair.
▪ His hair was all tousled, a scarf round his neck, touching his braces.
▪ His wife sat next to him, sobbing into a scarf.
▪ More options include a white patent-leather tote bag and a big straw hat or scarf tied a la Audrey Hepburn.
▪ When I left she picked up my scarf and tied it over my head.
▪ Why did it have to be a scarf? he wondered.
II.verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ I scarfed down a candy bar between classes.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Scarf

Scarf \Scarf\, v. t. [Sw. skarfva to eke out, to join together, skarf a seam, joint; cf. Dan. skarre to joint, to unite timber, Icel. skara to clinch the planks of a boat, G. scharben to chop, to cut small.]

  1. To form a scarf on the end or edge of, as for a joint in timber, metal rods, etc.

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

Scarf

Scarf \Scarf\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scarfed; p. pr. & vb. n. Scarfing.]

  1. To throw on loosely; to put on like a scarf. ``My sea-gown scarfed about me.''
    --Shak.

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

Scarf

Scarf \Scarf\ (sk[aum]rf), n. [Icel. skarfr.] A cormorant. [Scot.]

Scarf

Scarf \Scarf\, n.; pl. Scarfs, rarely Scarves (sk[aum]rvz). [Cf. OF. escharpe a pilgrim's scrip, or wallet (hanging about the neck), F. ['e]charpe sash, scarf; probably from OHG. scharpe pocket; also (from the French) Dan. ski[ae]rf; Sw. sk["a]rp, Prov. G. sch["a]rfe, LG. scherf, G. sch["a]rpe; and also AS. scearf a fragment; possibly akin to E. scrip a wallet. Cf. Scarp a scarf.] An article of dress of a light and decorative character, worn loosely over the shoulders or about the neck or the waist; a light shawl or handkerchief for the neck; also, a cravat; a neckcloth.

Put on your hood and scarf.
--Swift.

With care about the banners, scarves, and staves.
--R. Browning.

Scarf

Scarf \Scarf\, n.

  1. In a piece which is to be united to another by a scarf joint, the part of the end or edge that is tapered off, rabbeted, or notched so as to be thinner than the rest of the piece.

  2. A scarf joint. Scarf joint

    1. A joint made by overlapping and bolting or locking together the ends of two pieces of timber that are halved, notched, or cut away so that they will fit each other and form a lengthened beam of the same size at the junction as elsewhere.

    2. A joint formed by welding, riveting, or brazing together the overlapping scarfed ends, or edges, of metal rods, sheets, etc.

      Scarf weld. See under Weld.

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
scarf

"eat hastily," 1960, U.S. teen slang, originally a noun meaning "food, meal" (1932), perhaps imitative, or from scoff (attested in a similar sense from 1846). Or perhaps from a dialectal survival of Old English sceorfan "to gnaw, bite" (see scarf (n.2)); a similar word is found in a South African context in the 1600s. Related: Scarfed; scarfing.

scarf

"band of silk, strip of cloth," 1550s, "a band worn across the body or over the shoulders," probably from Old North French escarpe "sash, sling," which probably is identical with Old French escherpe "pilgrim's purse suspended from the neck," perhaps from Frankish *skirpja or some other Germanic source (compare Old Norse skreppa "small bag, wallet, satchel"), or from Medieval Latin scirpa "little bag woven of rushes," from Latin scirpus "rush, bulrush," of unknown origin [Klein]. As a cold-weather covering for the neck, first recorded 1844. Plural scarfs began to yield to scarves early 18c., on model of half/halves, etc.

scarf

"connecting joint," late 13c., probably from a Scandinavian source (such as Old Norse skarfr "nail for fastening a joint," Swedish skarf, Norwegian skarv). A general North Sea Germanic ship-building word (compare Dutch scherf), the exact relationship of all these is unclear. Also borrowed into Romanic (French écart, Spanish escarba); perhaps ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skarfaz (cognates: Old English sceorfan "to gnaw, bite"), from PIE *(s)ker- (1) "to cut" (see shear (v.)). Also used as a verb.

Wiktionary
scarf

Etymology 1 n. A long, often knitted, garment worn around the neck. vb. 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. Etymology 2

n. 1 A type of joint in woodworking. 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. vb. 1 To shape by grinding. 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. Etymology 3

vb. (context transitive US slang English) To eat very quickly. Etymology 4

n. (context Scotland English) A cormorant.

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WordNet
scarf

  1. n. a garment worn around the head or neck or shoulders for warmth or decoration

  2. a joint made by notching the ends of two pieces of timber or metal so that they will lock together end-to-end [syn: scarf joint]

  3. [also: scarves (pl)]

scarf

  1. v. masturbate while strangling oneself

  2. unite by a scarf joint

  3. wrap in or adorn with a scarf

  4. [also: scarves (pl)]

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Wikipedia
Scarf

A scarf, also known as a Kremer, muffler or neck-wrap, is a piece of fabric worn around the neck, near the head or around the waist for warmth, cleanliness, fashion or religious reasons. They can come in a variety of different colours.

Scarf (disambiguation)

Scarf is a piece of fabric worn round the neck. Scarf also refers to certain joints, grooves or notches. Scarf may also refer to:

  • Scarf joint
  • Herbert Scarf
  • Arthur Scarf
  • Scarfies
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Usage examples of "scarf".

She was wearing zip-up furry bootees, three cardigans, an overcoat, a new woolly scarf Genevieve had bought her, and her best hat.

It was almost unbearable to turn away from the mass of students streaming out into the sunshine, all of them wearing rosettes and hats and brandishing banners and scarves, to descend the stone steps into the dungeons and walk until the distant sounds of the crowd were quite obliterated, knowing that he would not be able to hear a word of commentary or a cheer or groan.

Yes, he was now at the foot of Brandreth, and the horses and their riders had not emerged above the Scarf.

She slipped into her coat and covered her bare head with the blue hat Mamo had knitted two winters before, and she wrapped her scarf tightly around her neck.

She buttoned her quilted jacket, put on a pair of biker goggles, tied a Montagnard scarf around her neck and face, and put on a black fur-trimmed leather hat with earflaps.

Montagnard biker costumes: leather jacket for me, quilted jacket for Susan, fur-trimmed leather hats, and Montagnard scarves.

I kept wiping my goggles and face with my Montagnard scarf, and my leather jacket was shiny with moisture.

Highway One, then we pulled over and got into our Montagnard scarves and the fur-trimmed leather hats.

We both took off our blue Montagnard scarves and put them in our backpacks.

I started with the neck, conscious that if the whole concept were in fact beyond my ability, I could overpaint a fluffy scarf or jewel decoration to conceal the failure.

Malenfant sacrificed more parafoil silk to make a hat and a scarf for his neck, and he added a little of a silvered survival blanket to the top of his hat to deflect the sunlight.

No Scantling performs any kind of work on the Sabbath, so the streets were almost empty as I and Paula-she with a short coat of mine over her blouse and skirt and a scarf wrapped around her head-made our way to the Institute for Probatory Therapies.

She put a hand up and adjusted his scarf in a slightly proprietorial way.

She went first to the bathroom and looked in, after which she resumed her chair, opened the black satin bag, and drew out her knitting, a mass of pale blue wool which, unfolded, declared itself as one of those rambling wraps or scarves in which invalids are invited to entangle themselves.

Abruptly the farmer had dug two long scarves out of his coat pocket and pushed the tangle of wool at them.