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scratch (SKRATCH) (verb)
1. To rub the skin with something sharp, as with the fingernails, in an attempt to stop an itching: Sheila had nervous itches and her first reaction was to scratch them for relief.
2. To decide to quit doing something: Ethel and Edgar had to scratch their plans for flying because of the bad weather.
3. To earn barely enough money to live on: Mr. Brown was barely able to scratch out a living for his family.
2. To decide to quit doing something: Ethel and Edgar had to scratch their plans for flying because of the bad weather.
3. To earn barely enough money to live on: Mr. Brown was barely able to scratch out a living for his family.
scratch (SKRATCH) (noun)
1. A line or mark in the surface of something that is caused by anything rough or sharp which has rubbed against it: Milton saw a scratch on the back bumper of his car.
2. The very beginning at which nothing has been done before: The author started his new novel yesterday from scratch.
2. The very beginning at which nothing has been done before: The author started his new novel yesterday from scratch.
Mary decided to make the cake from scratch and not from a prepared package mix from the store.
A vandal used a nail to scratch the expensive car, leaving a deep scratch on the fender and two of the doors. Brett, the owner, had to scratch his plans to leave on his holidays so he could take the car to the paint shop for repairs.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group S; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. +
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“scratch”
(Greek: scratch, itch)
(Greek: scratch, tickle, itch, sting)
(Latin: scrape, scratch, shave, rub)
(Greek: scrape, scratch, shredded; polish; razor)
(Greek: to scratch; to write, to record, to draw, to describe; that which is written or described)