scratch
scratch
skrÃĻʧ
skrāch
/skɚˈÃĻt‍ʃ/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "scratch"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āφāρāϚāĻĄāĻŧ, āĻ–ā§‹āρāϚāĻž

to make small cuts or marks on a surface
Transitive: to scratch a surface
to scratch definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The puppy scratched the floor trying to bury its bone.
āĻ›āĻžāύāĻžāϟāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻšāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ āĻĒ⧁āρāϤ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻŽā§‡āĻā§‡ āφāρāϚāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02

āφāρāϚāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋, āϚ⧁āϞāĻ•āĻžāύ⧋

to rub a person's or one's own skin to relieve an itching sensation, particularly with one's fingernails
Transitive: to scratch the skin
to scratch definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The cat sat contentedly, allowing the owner to scratch its chin.
āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁āĻˇā§āϟ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦāϏ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϞ, āĻŽāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻ•āϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĨ⧁āϤāύāĻŋ āφāρāϚāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
03

āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻŋāϞ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž

to cancel or abandon an undertaking or project
Transitive: to scratch an idea or plan
to scratch definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The committee scratched the idea of hosting the conference this year and decided to revisit it in the future.
āĻ•āĻŽāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻāχ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽā§‡āϞāύ āφāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ⧇āϰ āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻŋāϞ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ­āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āϝāϤ⧇ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻĒ⧁āύāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āϚāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
04

āφāρāϚāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋, āϘāώāĻž

to scrape over a hard surface and make a grating noise
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He winced as the fork scratched along the surface of the ceramic plate.
āϚāĻžāĻŽāϚ āϏāĻŋāϰāĻžāĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒā§āϞ⧇āĻŸā§‡āϰ āĻĒ⧃āĻˇā§āĻ āϤāϞ āφāρāϚāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŽā§āĻ– āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§ƒāϤ āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
05

āφāρāϚāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋, āĻ–ā§‹āĻĻāĻžāχ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to create a mark or indentation on a surface using a sharp or pointed object
Transitive: to scratch a mark or indentation into sth | to scratch a mark or indentation onto sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He scratched a message onto the stone wall using a piece of flint.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϚāĻ•āĻŽāĻ•āĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻĨāϰ⧇āϰ āϟ⧁āĻ•āϰ⧋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāĻĨāϰ⧇āϰ āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧāĻžāϞ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§āϤāĻž āφāρāϚāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
06

āĻœā§€āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āϜāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to earn money through labor, often involving difficult or unconventional methods
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Despite the challenges, she scratched to provide for her children, taking on multiple part-time jobs.
āĻšā§āϝāĻžāϞ⧇āĻžā§āϜ āϏāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ⧇āĻ“, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āϏāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻžāύāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϖ⧁āρāĻœā§‡ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āωāĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āϜāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ, āĻāĻ•āĻžāϧāĻŋāĻ• āĻ–āĻŖā§āĻĄāĻ•āĻžāϞ⧀āύ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĨ¤
07

āϕ⧇āĻŸā§‡ āĻĢ⧇āϞāĻž, āĻŽā§āϛ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāĻž

to remove or eliminate something by erasing, or drawing a line through it
Transitive: to scratch a word or text
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The editor scratched the redundant paragraphs from the manuscript to improve clarity.
āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻ• āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻšā§āĻ›āϤāĻž āωāĻ¨ā§āύāϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāĻŖā§āĻĄā§āϞāĻŋāĻĒāĻŋ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻ…āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻšā§āϛ⧇āĻĻāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϕ⧇āĻŸā§‡ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
08

āφāρāϚāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋, āĻ–ā§‹āρāϚāĻž

to make a small, shallow mark or injury on the skin by rubbing something sharp or rough against it
Transitive: to scratch a person or body part
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The cat scratched me when I tried to pet it.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϝāĻ–āύ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĒā§‹āώāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋ āϤāĻ–āύ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞāϟāĻŋ āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āφāρāϚāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
01

āφāρāϚāĻĄāĻŧ, āĻ–ā§‹āρāϚāĻž

a small cut on the skin caused by something sharp, like a fingernail, thorn, or rough surface
scratch definition and meaning
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āϟāĻžāĻ•āĻž, āύāĻ—āĻĻ

money, usually casual or small amounts of cash needed for spending
scratch definition and meaning
Slang
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He 's been picking up side jobs to make a little extra scratch.
āϏ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟ⧁ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāϰāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϤ āϟāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻ•āĻžāĻŽāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϏāĻžāχāĻĄ āϜāĻŦ āύāĻŋāĻšā§āϛ⧇āĨ¤
03

āφāρāϚāĻĄāĻŧ, āĻ–ā§‹āρāϚ

an indication of damage
04

āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ āĻšāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāĻ•ā§āώāϰ, āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻˇā§āϟ āϞ⧇āĻ–āĻž

poor handwriting
05

āĻ–ā§‹āρāϚāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ, āφāρāϚāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ

a harsh noise made by scraping
06

āĻĒā§‹āĻ˛ā§āĻŸā§āϰāĻŋāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻļ⧁āĻ•āύ⧋ āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāĻļ, āĻĒā§‹āĻ˛ā§āĻŸā§āϰāĻŋāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻļ⧁āĻ•āύ⧋ āĻŽāĻŋāĻļā§āϰāĻŖ

dry mash for poultry
07

āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āϰ⧇āĻ–āĻž, āĻĻ⧌āĻĄāĻŧ āϰ⧇āĻ–āĻž

a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game
08

āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻšāĻžāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀, āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϝ⧋āĻ—āĻŋāϤāĻž āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϏāϰ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

a competitor who withdraws from a race or competition before it starts
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Just before the event, the cyclist became a scratch due to illness.
āχāϭ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§‡āϰ āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āφāϗ⧇, āϏāĻžāχāĻ•ā§āϞāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϟ āĻ…āϏ⧁āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϰāϪ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ scratch āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤
09

āφāρāϚāĻĄāĻŧ, āĻ–ā§‹āρāϚ

a depression scratched or carved into a surface
01

āĻļā§‚āĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ⧇āϰ, āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§āĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāϚ

of a golfer who is capable of playing to the standard of the course rating
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She sought advice from a scratch player to improve her game.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āϖ⧇āϞāĻž āωāĻ¨ā§āύāϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§āĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāϚ āϖ⧇āϞ⧋āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ› āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻžāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻļ āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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