to score
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7.0
- verb
- /skɔr/
:
marcar
- And I'm forever seeing the world through the scratches my housekeys have scored into my sunglasses.
- score the fold lines
- score the line
Before I do that, I'm going to score or scratch.
- Before I do that, I'm going to score or scratch.
- You wash it for three seconds, score it.
Examples
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Fold up or down on scored lines, per drawing, and then crease them.
Academic text (2008) -
Score the rock.
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I'm going to score out a circle as best I can.
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So all I did for this was score the edges into almost a circle shape that I could fold them in.
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The exposed sea bottom was rippled, the silver mud scored with rivulets of water running out to sea.
Fiction book (1999) -
Using a small knife, score the surface of the dough before baking to allow steam to escape.
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To prepare the meat properly, score the fatty surface with shallow cuts.
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Before assembling the pieces, make sure to score the edges of the glass for easier breaking.
Synonyms
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1.0
Make a visible line, spot, or sign on a surface
To make small cuts in seed coats so they take in water and grow
Idioms
- Informal
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4.9
Understand what really happens in a situation, often when it is bad
- Archaic
A way to say eighty-seven years ago, used by Abraham Lincoln at the start of the Gettysburg Address
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Specialized
5
3.7
Written music that shows all the parts for singers and instruments on separate lines
- Specialized
1
5.4
A quick test on a newborn to check heart rate, breathing, skin colour, muscle tone, and reflexes
- Archaic
1
9.9
Seventy years that people often use to mean a typical human lifespan
- Jargon
A number that compares weightlifting results for people with different body weights
How Deep
Surface Forms
Etymology
To score something is to make a shallow cut or mark—a 'notch'—so edges can join, paper can fold, or fish skin can cook more evenly.