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scratch English

Meaning scratch meaning

What does scratch mean?
Definitions in simple English

scratch Noun

— A scratch is a mark made by a sharp object against another object. I found a scratch on my car, so I had to get paint to cover it. — If something is made from scratch, then it was made without anything that existed or was prepared before. It took us all afternoon to make the pizzas from scratch.

scratch Verb

— If you scratch you use a sharp object to make a mark on another object. I scratched my back as it felt very itchy.

scratch

— verb cause friction my sweater scratches — verb cut the surface of; wear away the surface of — verb (= rub, itch) scrape or rub as if to relieve itching Don't scratch your insect bites! — noun (= abrasion) an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off — noun a competitor who has withdrawn from competition — noun an indication of damage — noun (golf) a handicap of zero strokes a golfer who plays at scratch should be able to achieve par on a course — verb (= engrave) carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface engrave a pen engraved the trophy cupt with the winner's the lovers scratched their names into the bark of the tree — verb (= strike) remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line Please strike this remark from the record scratch that remark — noun (= chicken feed) dry mash for poultry — noun (= scribble) poor handwriting — noun a depression scratched or carved into a surface — noun (= start) a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game — noun (= scrape, scraping) a harsh noise made by scraping the scrape of violin bows distracted her — verb (= cancel, call off, scrub) postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled Call off the engagement cancel the dinner party we had to scrub our vacation plans scratch that meeting--the chair is ill — verb (= scrape) gather (money or other resources) together over time She had scraped together enough money for college they scratched a meager living — noun (= boodle) informal terms for money

Synonyms scratch synonyms

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scratch English » English

scrape abrasion cut claw rub graze scar wound mark grate bruise tear gash rake itch paw dig abrade injury chafe streak shave scribble score incision blemish scrawl scrabble creak cicatrix stroke starting line split ringworm prickly heat prick line fret fray excoriation carve strike start squeak scrub scratch up scratch line rip peel off peel

Topics scratch topics

What do people use scratch to talk about?
Person Healthy

Injure
Physical actions Move something Handle something

Actions of the hand
Person Body Head

Ear
Person Healthy

Symptom of disease
Daily life Adornment

Care for the fingernails
Work and occupation Animal husbandry Poultry raising

Chicken
Physical actions Physical impact

Grind
Physical actions Break, wear out

Damage
States Quality Texture

Rough
States Quality Texture

Furrow
Physical actions Arrange Join, attach

Remove, take apart
Physical actions Divide into pieces

Dig

Conjugation scratch conjugation

How do you conjugate scratch?

scratch · verb

Examples scratch examples

How do I use scratch in a sentence?

Simple sentences

There's a scratch here. Could you give me a discount?
My cat purrs when I scratch behind his ears.
I asked him if he would scratch my back.
The doctor said you shouldn't scratch your wounds.
It's only a scratch.
When you're preparing food for someone, please don't pick your nose, scratch your ass, or sneeze in your hands.
You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours.
The cat started to scratch the carpet.
Everything around him was blown to pieces, yet he escaped without a scratch.
You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours.
If you scratch my back, I'll scratch yours.
They had to start from scratch.
I want to scratch my nose.
My cat likes it when I scratch her behind the ears.
Bears like to scratch their back on tree bark.
Bears often scratch their backs on the bark of trees.
I cannot scratch. I don't have finger nails.
If you anger the cat, it will certainly scratch you.
We need to start from scratch.

Movie subtitles

You'll feel a sharp scratch just underneath your collar bone.
You have great friends, and you started your dream company from scratch that actually has potential.
It's just a scratch, you yellow rat!
It's just a scratch.
Mr. Sammy, don't scratch your head over it.
A great big horse like that and they won't let him run because he's got a little scratch. (LAUGHING) Say, who are these guys?
Now, baby, it's only a scratch.
No, just a scratch.
Scratch that. We do know something. She murdered the old Captain's wife.
You gotta scratch it.
Did you ever see a scratch pad in a telephone booth?
Not a scratch.
You know, if you scratch under the surface here you'll find a proposal lying around.
He wears the same cuff-links, he is incredibly like you, to the last detail, like the scratch on his hand from my bracelet.
Furthermore, I've found it's a synthetic virus created from scratch.
I didn't harm her, not so much as a scratch.
Now they need to start over again from scratch.
And the Czar of Russia doesn't scratch himself behind the ear!
You say that again and I'll scratch your eyes out!
If it were another woman, I could handle her, but after all, you can't scratch a bank's eyes out, now, can you?
You'll scratch your face.
Be careful it doesn't scratch you.
I'm that sick of waiting, I could stamp on a litter of wildcats and never feel a scratch.
It's like an itch. You gotta scratch it.
He'll be back with nary a scratch on him.
I'm wounded! It's just a scratch, you yellow rat!
Well, why start at scratch?
Looking for a punk kid because he gave an old man a pin scratch.
Scratch him! Scratch him!
This is no time to scratch.
You can never have enough proof, Kay. Look, let's forget about the divorce and try and make a go of it, just once more, starting from scratch.
You're gonna get a new nightgown if I have to buy two silkworms and start from scratch.
I'd scratch her eyes out, I guess.
I really wouldn't care to scratch your surface, Mr. Kralik because I know exactly what I'd find.
Just a scratch.
And I shall issue an official bulletin allowing them to scratch themselves?

News and current affairs

The educational system needs to be rebuilt almost from scratch, and with so many women anxious to return to teaching, a revived educational system will also help Afghanistan's democratic politicians gain a powerful lobby of workers.
As a result, the DPJ has announced plans to revoke the LDP's guidelines for a ceiling on budget requests so as to formulate its own budget from scratch. It will also revise the supplementary budget as well.
We scratch our heads about America's gun laws.
Should we burn our existing textbooks and rewrite them from scratch?
But it is equally impossible to start from scratch.
The receipts can be used as scratch cards to win small amounts of cash, but they also serve as lottery tickets for winning larger amounts.
Those of us who know that long-run fiscal imbalances are likely to end in disaster - high inflation, deep recession, financial crisis, or all three - scratch our heads in bemusement at the priorities of George W. Bush and his administration.
When asked why they failed to include this facility in their declaration of nuclear programs, North Korean officials responded cheerfully - and absurdly - that it had been built from scratch only after the collapse of the nuclear negotiations in 2008.
Building a novel bridge, especially in the wake of a spectacular failure, forces engineers to think from scratch and also to think more deeply and critically.
A land market must be created virtually from scratch.
Indeed, the recent revelations about National Security Agency surveillance programs barely scratch the surface of the issue.
Add to it a desire to create a democracy from scratch in a region characterized by authoritarian government and that task becomes almost impossible.
That seems especially relevant in today's world, in which technology tempts us merely to scratch the surface of so many issues.
Scratch around the rubble, however, and one can come up with useful fragments.
We are not calling for abolishing everything and starting from scratch.
This is not entirely Russia's fault; but now the dialogue will have to be restarted, practically from scratch.
There is an adaptive logic to being kind to those with whom we continually interact; we scratch their backs, they scratch ours.
In Germany, which suffered from hyper-inflation in 1923, there is widespread fear that people will again lose their savings and need to start from scratch.
The emerging markets developed the institutions and the skills base needed to import and adapt technology, which is easier than generating new technology from scratch.
The IMF's current strategic review does not start from scratch.
In post-communist Europe, banks had to be built from scratch out of the rubble of socialism.
But, in transforming Turkey, Ataturk did not begin entirely from scratch.

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