What is mark?

More definitions of "mark":

• (noun): Something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal.
  Example: "Hit the mark"
  Synonyms: bell ringer, bull's eye, home run

• (verb): Make or leave a mark on.
  Example: "Mark the trail so that we can find our way back"

• (noun): Formerly the basic unit of money in Germany.
  Synonyms: German mark, Deutsche Mark, Deutschmark

• (verb): Insert punctuation marks into.
  Synonyms: punctuate

• (noun): A visible indication made on a surface.
  Synonyms: print

• (noun): Apostle and companion of Saint Peter; assumed to be the author of the second Gospel.
  Synonyms: Saint Mark, St. Mark

• (noun): The impression created by doing something unusual or extraordinary that people notice and remember.
  Example: "It was in London that he made his mark"; "he left an indelible mark on the American theater"

• (verb): Establish as the highest level or best performance.
  Synonyms: set

• (noun): A distinguishing symbol.
  Example: "The owner's mark was on all the sheep"
  Synonyms: marker, marking

• (verb): Put a check mark on or next to.
  Synonyms: check, check off, mark off, tick off, tick

• (verb): Attach a tag or label to.
  Synonyms: tag, label

• (noun): A symbol of disgrace or infamy.
  Example: "And the Lord set a mark upon Cain"--Genesis
  Synonyms: stigma, brand, stain

• (verb): Mark with a scar.
  Synonyms: scar, pock, pit

• (verb): Mark by some ceremony or observation.
  Synonyms: commemorate

• (noun): An indication of damage.
  Synonyms: scratch, scrape, scar

• (noun): The shortest of the four Gospels in the New Testament.
  Synonyms: Gospel According to Mark

• (noun): A reference point to shoot at.
  Example: "His arrow hit the mark"
  Synonyms: target

• (verb): Be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense.
  Synonyms: distinguish, differentiate

• (noun): A perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened).
  Synonyms: sign

• (noun): Marking consisting of crossing lines.
  Synonyms: crisscross, cross

• (verb): To accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful.
  Synonyms: stigmatize, stigmatise, brand, denounce

• (verb): Remove from a list.
  Synonyms: cross off, cross out, strike out, strike off

• (verb): Make underscoring marks.
  Synonyms: score

• (verb): Assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation.
  Example: "Mark homework"
  Synonyms: grade, score

• (verb): Notice or perceive.
  Example: "Mark my words"
  Synonyms: notice, note

• (noun): A written or printed symbol (as for punctuation).
  Example: "His answer was just a punctuation mark"

• (noun): A person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of.
  Synonyms: chump, fool, gull, patsy, fall guy, sucker, soft touch, mug

• (verb): Designate as if by a mark.
  Example: "This sign marks the border"; "He indicated where the border ended"

• (verb): Make small marks into the surface of.
  Synonyms: score, nock

Famous quotes containing the word mark:

“...clothed and in his right mind,...”
—Bible: New Testament, Mark 5:15.

“But the golden-rod is one of the fairy, magical flowers; it grows not up to seek human love amid the light of day, but to mark to the discerning what wealth lies hid in the secret caves of earth.”
—Margaret Fuller (1810–1850)