A wearing away of the surface through abrasion or a thermo-mechanical displacement of the upper surface of the floor covering by friction from traffic bodies
If you scuff your feet, you pull them along the ground as you walk. Polly, bewildered and embarrassed, dropped her head and scuffed her feet. = drag
If you scuff something or if it scuffs, you mark the surface by scraping it against other things or by scraping other things against it. Constant wheelchair use will scuff almost any floor surface Molded plastic is almost indestructible, but scuffs easily. + scuffed scuffed scuffed brown shoes