a length or square of fabric worn around the neck or head

she tucked her woolly scarf around her neck

a silk scarf

join the ends of (two pieces of timber or metal) by bevelling or notching them so that they fit over or into each other

he forced me to scarf the keel timbers in watertight sections

the scarfing follows the natural grain of the wood

make an incision in the blubber of (a whale)

eat or drink (something) hungrily or enthusiastically

he scarfed down the waffles