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Definition: Meaning of, scratch in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / skratʃ /

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Present Participle Third Person Singular
scratching scratches
  1. rub your skin [intransitive and transitive] to rub your skin with your nails because it feels uncomfortable [↪  itch]
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  2. cut somebody's skin [intransitive and transitive] to cut someone's skin slightly with your nails or with something sharp
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  3. make a mark [transitive] to make a small cut or mark on something by pulling something sharp across it
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  4. animals [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] if an animal scratches, it rubs its feet against something, often making a noise
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  5. remove something [transitive always + adverb/preposition] to remove something from a surface by rubbing it with something sharp
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  6. remove writing [transitive always + adverb/preposition] to remove a word from a piece of writing by drawing a line through it
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  7. make a noise [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to make a rough sound by moving something sharp across a surface
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  8. scratch the surface to deal with only a very small part of a subject or problem
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  9. scratch your head informal to think carefully about a difficult question or problem
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  10. stop something happening [transitive] informal if you scratch an idea or a plan, you decide that you will not do it
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  11. remove from race [intransitive and transitive] informal if someone scratches from a race, or if you scratch them from the race, they do not take part in it
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  12. you scratch my back, I'll scratch yours spoken used to say that you will help someone if they agree to help you
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scratch scratches
  1. cut [countable] a small cut on someone's skin
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  2. mark [countable] a thin mark or cut on the surface of something
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  3. from scratch if you start something from scratch, you begin it without using anything that existed or was prepared before
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  4. up to scratch British English informal good enough for a particular standard
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  5. rub [singular] especially British English when you rub part of your body with your nails because it feels uncomfortable
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  6. sound [countable] a sound made by something sharp or rough being rubbed on a hard surface
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  1. a scratch team or group of people has been put together in a hurry, using anyone that is available
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  2. a scratch player in golf is very good and is not given any advantage in games
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scratch used in phrases

  • cat scratch disease (noun)
    1. a disease thought to be transmitted to humans by a scratch from a cat
  • chicken scratch (noun)
    1. cramped or illegible handwriting
  • from scratch (adverb)
    1. from the beginning, especially without relying on resources or other advantages
  • scratch along (verb)
    1. manage one's existence barely
  • scratch awl (noun)
    1. a sharp-pointed awl for marking wood or metal to be cut
  • scratch card (noun)
    1. a card containing sections covered with an opaque waxy film which may be removed by scratching to reveal whether a prize has been won
  • scratch file (noun)
    1. computer science a file created by a computer process to store temporary results and deleted after the process has completed
  • scratch line (noun)
    1. a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game
  • scratch off (verb)
    1. write quickly
  • scratch pad (noun)
    1. pad for preliminary or hasty writing or notes or sketches etc
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scratch used in phrasal verbs

  • scratch around for (phrasal verb)
    1. scratch around for something to try to find something by looking everywhere, even in places that you would prefer not to look in
  • scratch out (phrasal verb)
    1. to remove a word from a sentence or something from a list by drawing a line through it
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