| Sounds | skrae'ch | |
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| Rhymes | attach ... thatch / Thatch: 16 rhymes with aech... | |
| Meaning | An abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off. | |
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| Synonyms | abrasion, scrape, excoriation | |
| Narrower | graze | A superficial abrasion |
| rope burn | abrasion (usually on the hands) caused by friction from a rope | |
| Broader | wound, lesion | An injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin) |
| Spanish | abrasión, arañazo, rasgadura, rasguño, raspadura, roce | |
| Catalan | abrasió, esgarrapada, esgarrinxada, rascada | |
| Adjectives | scratchy | causing abrasion |
| Verbs | scratch | cut the surface of |
| scratch | cause friction | |
| scratch | scrape or rub as if to relieve itching | |
| Meaning | A depression scratched or carved into a surface. | |
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| Synonyms | incision, prick, slit, dent | |
| Narrower | score, scotch | A slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally) |
| Broader | depression, impression, imprint | A concavity in a surface produced by pressing |
| Spanish | arañazo, incisión, mella, muesca | |
| Catalan | incissió, rascada | |
| Verbs | scratch | cut the surface of |
| Meaning | informal terms for money. | |
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| Synonyms | boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, lucre, loot, moolah, pelf, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum | |
| Broader | money | The most common medium of exchange |
| Spanish | cuartos, cucas, dinero, guita, kale, lana, lucro, mosca, parné, pasta, pelas, simoleons | |
| Catalan | calés, cuques, kale, lucre, pasta, peles, pistrincs, quartos, simoleons | |
| Meaning | A competitor who has withdrawn from competition. | |
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| Broader | rival, challenger, competitor, competition, contender | The contestant you hope to defeat |
| Meaning | A line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game / game / game. | |
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| Synonyms | start, starting line, scratch line | |
| Broader | line | In games / games or sports |
| Spanish | línea de salida, salida | |
| Catalan | línia de sortida, sortida | |
| Meaning | dry mash for poultry. | |
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| Synonym | chicken feed | |
| Broader | mash | mixture / mixture of ground animal feeds |
| Spanish | purrela | |
| Meaning | A harsh noise made by scraping. | |
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| Synonyms | scrape, scraping, scratching | |
| Broader | noise | sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound) |
| Spanish | chirriante, chirrido, rascadura | |
| Adjectives | scratchy | unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound |
| Meaning | poor handwriting. | |
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| Synonyms | scribble, scrawl, cacography | |
| Narrower | chicken scratch | cramped or illegible handwriting |
| squiggle | An illegible scrawl | |
| Broader | handwriting, hand, script | Something written by hand |
| Spanish | cacografía, chafarrinón, escarabajo, garabato, garabatos, garambaina, garfio, garrapato, pintarrajo | |
| Catalan | escarabat, gargot, guixada | |
| Meaning | (golf) a handicap of zero strokes. | |
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| Example | "a golfer who plays at scratch should be able to achieve par on a course" | |
| Category | golf, golf game | A game / game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes |
| Broader | handicap | advantage given to a competitor to equalize chances of winning |
| Meaning | An indication of damage. | |
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| Synonyms | scrape, scar, mark | |
| Broader | blemish, defect, mar | A mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body) |
| Spanish | arañazo, cicatriz, marca, rascada, rasguño, raspadura, raya | |
| Catalan | arrapada, esgarrany, esgarrapada, esgarrinxada, esgratinyada | |
| Verbs | scratch | cut the surface of |
| Meaning | Cause friction. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Something ----s somebody | |
| Example | "my sweater scratches" | |
| Synonyms | rub, fray, fret, chafe | |
| Broader | touch, adjoin, meet, contact | Be in direct physical contact with |
| Spanish | escoriar, rozar | |
| Catalan | arpar, esgarrapar, fregar-se, garfinyar, gratar, polir, rascar, ratllar, refregar-se, unglejar | |
| Nouns | scratch | an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off |
| Meaning | cut the surface of; wear away the surface of. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | scrape, scratch up | |
| Narrower | claw | scratch, scrape, pull, or dig with claws or nails |
| scuff | mar by scuffing | |
| Broader | incise | make an incision / incision into by carving or cutting |
| See also | scratch out | strike or cancel by or as if by rubbing or crossing out |
| Spanish | arañar, rascar, rasguñar, raspar | |
| Catalan | arpar, esgarrapar, esgarrinxar, garfinyar, gratar, rascar, raspar, ratllar, unglejar | |
| Nouns | scratch | an indication of damage |
| scratch | a depression scratched or carved into a surface | |
| scratch | an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off | |
| scratcher | a device used for scratching | |
| scratcher | a workman who uses a tool for scratching | |
| Meaning | scrape or rub as if to relieve itching. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "Don't scratch your insect bites!" | |
| Synonyms | rub, itch | |
| Broader | irritate | excite to an abnormal condition, or chafe or inflame |
| Spanish | frotar, picar, rascar, restregar | |
| Catalan | fregar-se, rascar, refregar-se | |
| Nouns | scratch | an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off |
| scratcher | a person who scratches to relieve an itch | |
| Meaning | postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "scratch that meeting--the chair is ill" | |
| Synonyms | cancel, call off, scrub | |
| Entails | schedule | make a schedule / schedule |
| Entailed by | postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table, shelve, set back, defer, remit, put off | hold back to a later time |
| Spanish | cancelar | |
| Catalan | cancel·lar | |
| Meaning | Remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "scratch that remark" | |
| Synonyms | strike, expunge, excise | |
| Broader | delete, cancel | Remove or make invisible |
| Meaning | Gather (money or other resources) together over time. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "they scratched a meager living" | |
| Synonyms | scrape, scrape up, come up | |
| Narrower | nickel-and-dime | accumulate gradually |
| Broader | roll up, collect, accumulate, pile up, amass, compile, hoard | Get or gather together |
| Spanish | arañar | |
| Meaning | carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "the lovers scratched their names into the bark of the tree" | |
| Synonyms | engrave, grave, inscribe | |
| Narrower | character | engrave or inscribe characters on |
| Broader | carve, chip at | engrave / engrave / engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface |
| Similar to | engrave, etch | carve or cut a design or letters into |
| Spanish | grabar, inscribir | |
| Catalan | gravar, inscriure | |
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