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Overview of noun scratching

The noun scratching has 1 sense


  • scrape, scraping, scratch, scratching -- (a harsh noise made by scraping; "the scrape of violin bows distracted her")


Overview of verb scratch

The verb scratch has 7 senses


  • rub, fray, fret, chafe, scratch -- (cause friction; "my sweater scratches")

  • scratch, scrape, scratch up -- (cut the surface of; wear away the surface of)

  • rub, scratch, itch -- (scrape or rub as if to relieve itching; "Don't scratch your insect bites!")

  • cancel, call off, scratch, 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")

  • strike, scratch, expunge, excise -- (remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line; "Please strike this remark from the record"; "scratch that remark")

  • scrape, scrape up, scratch, come up -- (gather (money or other resources) together over time; "She had scraped together enough money for college"; "they scratched a meager living")

  • scratch, engrave, grave, inscribe -- (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")