Scarf vs Neck - What's the difference?
scarf | neck |
A long, often knitted, garment worn around the neck.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
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(dated) A neckcloth or cravat.
To throw on loosely; to put on like a scarf.
* 1599-1601 , (William Shakespeare), (Hamlet), Act 5, Scene 2:
To dress with a scarf, or as with a scarf; to cover with a loose wrapping.
A type of joint in woodworking.
A groove on one side of a sewing machine needle.
A dip or notch or cut made in the trunk of a tree to direct its fall when felling.
To shape by grinding.
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.
To unite, as two pieces of timber or metal, by a scarf joint.
The part of body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals.
The corresponding part in some other anatomical contexts.
The part of a shirt, dress etc., which fits a person's neck .
The tapered part of a bottle toward the opening.
(botany) The slender tubelike extension atop an archegonium, through which the sperm swim to reach the egg.
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(music) The extension of any stringed instrument on which a fingerboard is mounted
A long narrow tract of land projecting from the main body, or a narrow tract connecting two larger tracts.
(engineering) A reduction in size near the end of an object, formed by a groove around it.
The constriction between the root and crown of a tooth.
(architecture) The gorgerin of a capital.
The small part of a gun between the chase and the swell of the muzzle.
To hang by the neck; strangle; kill, eliminate
(US) To make love; to snog; to intently kiss or cuddle.
To drink rapidly.
* 2006 , Sarah Johnstone, Tom Masters, London
To decrease in diameter.
* 2007 , John H. Bickford, Introduction to the Design and Behavior of Bolted Joints ,
As nouns the difference between scarf and neck
is that scarf is a long, often knitted, garment worn around the neck or scarf can be a type of joint in woodworking or scarf can be (scotland) a cormorant while neck is the part of body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals.As verbs the difference between scarf and neck
is that scarf is to throw on loosely; to put on like a scarf or scarf can be to shape by grinding or scarf can be (transitive|us|slang) to eat very quickly while neck is to hang by the neck; strangle; kill, eliminate.scarf
English
(wikipedia scarf)Etymology 1
Probably from . http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/scarf?s=t. The verb is derived from the noun.Noun
(en-noun)citation, passage=Now that she had rested and had fed from the luncheon tray Mrs. Broome had just removed, she had reverted to her normal gaiety. She looked cool in a grey tailored cotton dress with a terracotta scarf and shoes and her hair a black silk helmet.}}
Verb
(en verb)- My sea-gown scarfed about me.
Etymology 2
(the first two definitions) Of uncertain origin. Possibly from (etyl) skarfr, derivative of .Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (l)Verb
(en verb)Etymology 3
Of imitative origin, or a variant of scoff. Alternatively from (etyl) .Usage notes
The more usual form in the UK is scoff.Derived terms
* scarf downEtymology 4
Icelandic (skarfr)?neck
English
(wikipedia neck)Noun
(en noun)- Archegonia are surrounded early in their development by the juvenile perianth, through the slender beak of which the elongated neck of the fertilized archegonium protrudes.
- a neck forming the journal of a shaft
Derived terms
* bottleneck * hindneck * neck and neck/neck-and-neck * neckband * neckcloth * neckerchief (from kerchief) * necklace * neckless * necklet * neckline * neck of the woods * neck ring * necktie * neckwear * neckyoke * polo neck, polo-neck * stick one's neck out * turtleneck * V-neckSee also
* (l)Verb
(en verb)- ''Alan and Betty were necking in the back of a car when Betty's dad caught them.
- In the dim light, punters sit sipping raspberry-flavoured Tokyo martinis, losing the freestyle sushi off their chopsticks or necking Asahi beer.
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- Since this temperature would place the bolt in its creep range, it will slowly stretch, necking down as it does so. Eventually it will get too thin to support the weight, and the bolt will break.