scratch

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scratch Meaning Definition

To rub and tear or mark the surface of with something sharp or ragged; to scrape, roughen, or wound slightly by drawing something pointed or rough across, as the claws, the nails, a pin, or the like.

Synonyms for scratch

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ablation abort abrade abrasion abrasive adequate anamorphosis attrition autolithograph bad likeness barbouillage bark barley be a printmaker belch bezel bird seed birthmark blackhead blare blat blaze blaze a trail bleb blemish blister bloody blot blot out blotch bore botch bran brand bray bread break bruise buffing bulla burlesque burn burnishing burr burrow buzz cackle canal canalize cancel caricature cartoon carve cash caste mark casual cat food caw cease chafe chafing chalk chalk up chamfer channel character charcoal chase check check off checkmark chicken feed chink chip chips chirr chisel chiseling chop cicatrix cicatrize clang clangor clank clash claw close coin color comedo competent competitive conclude concussion copy corn corrugate corrugation crack crackle cranny crater craunch crayon craze crease cribble croak cross out cross-hatching crosshatch crump crunch cursoriness cut dado damage dapple dash dash off daub defacement defect define deformation deformity dele delete delimit delineate delve demarcate demitint depict design determine detrition diagram dig dig out dike discolor discoloration disfiguration disfigurement distortion ditch do double duty dog food doodle dot dough draft draw dredge dressing drill drive earmark eatage efface eliminate elucubrate enchase end engrave engravement engraving ensilage epidermis erase erasure erosion etch etching excavate exclude expunge extempore exteriority fault feed filing finish finish up flash burn flaw fleck flick flute fluting fodder forage fracture fray frazzle freckle fret fretting furrow gall galling gash gem-engraving glass-cutting gloss glyptic goffer good enough gouge gouge out grain grate grave graving graze grazing greenbacks grind grinding groan groove growl grub grumble gully hack half tint haphazard hasty hatch hatching hay hemangioma hen scratches hen tracks hickey hit the ball hurried hurt hustle impress imprint impromptu incise incision informal injure injury inscribe inscript inscription itch jack jangle jar jot keloid kink lacerate laceration lentigo lesion limation limn line lining lithograph lower lucubrate macula maim make a mark make mincemeat of make prints makeshift mar mark mark off mark out marking mash maul mazuma meal mere scratch microgroove milium mine misdraw mispaint mole mortal wound mottle mutilate mutilation needle scar nevus nick no depth no water notch oats obliterate off the cuff overwork paint paint a picture parody pasturage pasture patch pattes de mouche pencil pepper perorate pet food picture picturize pierce pimple pinprick pit pleat plow pock pockmark point polishing polka dot port-wine mark port-wine stain portray pothookery pothooks pothooks and hangers pour it on prick prickle print provender punch punctuate puncture pustule quarry rabbet rasp rasping raze rend rent resolve riddle rifle rifling rift rind rip rough rub rub off rub out rubbing away ruck rule out run rupture rut sandblasting sanding sap satisfactory savage scab scald scar scarification scarify scoop scoop out scorch score scoring scotch scouring scrabble scranch scrap scrape scraping scratch feed scratch out scratching scrawl scribble scribbling scrub scrubbing scrunch scuff sculpture scumble seal seam sebaceous cyst second-degree burn shade shallowness shining shoaliness shovel silage sink sketch skin slash slashing slave slightness slit slops smoothing snarl snore sore spade speck speckle splash split splotch sponge sponge out spot sprain stab stab wound stain stamp stencil stick stigma stigmatize sting stipple stippling stop strain straw strawberry mark streak stria striate striation strike off strike out stripe sty sufficient sulcation sulcus superficiality superficies surface sweat swill tattoo tattoo mark tear terminate third-degree burn thrill tick tick off tingle tint tittle tool tooling trace track trauma traumatize travesty trench triviality trough tunnel twang twist type-cutting underline underscore unplanned unpremeditated unprepared up to scratch up to snuff veneer verruca vesicle wale wampum warp wart watermark weal wear wearing away well-worn groove welt wen wheat whitehead wind up wipe out work hard work late work overtime wound wounds immedicable wrench wrinkle

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