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Synonyms for scratch
skrætʃscratch
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Princeton's WordNet
abrasion, scratch, scrape, excoriationnoun
an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off
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lolly, start, attrition, cacography, scrawl, clams, cabbage, wampum, starting line, lucre, detrition, boodle, mark, incision, gelt, scratch line, scratching, bread, scraping, slit, lettuce, prick, loot, sugar, chicken feed, simoleons, abrasion, grinding, moolah, pelf, dough, dinero, kale, scrape, scar, corrasion, scribble, dent, shekels, excoriationincision, scratch, prick, slit, dentnoun
a depression scratched or carved into a surface
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lolly, start, pricking, clams, cacography, scrawl, starting line, cabbage, wampum, tool, lucre, cunt, boodle, peter, mark, incision, gelt, section, gouge, snatch, scratch line, scratching, pecker, cock, nick, bread, scraping, slit, dick, lettuce, surgical incision, pussy, prick, shit, loot, bastard, sugar, son of a bitch, dough, simoleons, abrasion, pelf, asshole, dickhead, chicken feed, ding, dinero, puss, kale, cocksucker, scrape, putz, excoriation, scar, shaft, twat, scribble, whoreson, dent, shekels, moolahboodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, lucre, loot, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampumnoun
informal terms for money
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lolly, net, popsicle, clams, cacography, scrawl, abrasion, cabbage, borecole, kail, net profit, lucre, boodle, scratching, staff of life, starting line, plunder, gelt, colewort, pillage, booty, start, cole, net income, bread, earnings, slit, lettuce, kale, prick, stops, loot, dent, sugar, cultivated cabbage, carbohydrate, prize, chicken feed, scraping, swag, profits, dirty money, pelf, profit, refined sugar, incision, scratch line, wampumpeag, dough, dinero, saccharide, breadstuff, scrape, wampum, excoriation, scar, peag, chou, scribble, ice lolly, mark, simoleons, lollipop, shekels, moolahscratchnoun
a competitor who has withdrawn from competition
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lolly, start, clams, cacography, starting line, cabbage, wampum, lucre, boodle, mark, scrawl, gelt, scratch line, scratching, bread, scraping, slit, lettuce, prick, loot, sugar, chicken feed, dinero, simoleons, abrasion, pelf, incision, dough, kale, scrape, excoriation, scar, scribble, dent, shekels, moolahstart, starting line, scratch, scratch linenoun
a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game
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lolly, starting, get-go, cacography, scrawl, starting line, cabbage, excoriation, showtime, offset, abrasion, clams, boodle, pelf, mark, incision, gelt, scratch line, scratching, scar, first, bread, scraping, slit, kickoff, lettuce, prick, loot, sugar, chicken feed, startle, simoleons, head start, start, outset, jump, dough, dinero, starting time, kale, scrape, wampum, starting signal, lucre, scribble, beginning, dent, commencement, shekels, moolahchicken feed, scratchnoun
dry mash for poultry
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lolly, start, crank, clams, cacography, scrawl, abrasion, cabbage, excoriation, starting line, lucre, chicken feed, gelt, mark, incision, chalk, boodle, scratch line, scratching, bread, scraping, slit, lettuce, methamphetamine hydrochloride, prick, simoleons, loot, ice, sugar, deoxyephedrine, trash, shabu, meth, methamphetamine, pelf, dough, dinero, kale, scrape, glass, wampum, scar, scribble, dent, shekels, moolahscrape, scraping, scratch, scratchingnoun
a harsh noise made by scraping
"the scrape of violin bows distracted her"
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lolly, start, clams, cacography, scrawl, starting line, cabbage, wampum, lucre, boodle, mark, incision, gelt, scratch line, scratching, bread, scraping, slit, lettuce, prick, loot, sugar, chicken feed, simoleons, abrasion, pelf, dough, dinero, kale, scrape, excoriation, scar, scribble, dent, shekels, moolahscribble, scratch, scrawl, cacographynoun
poor handwriting
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lolly, start, clams, starting line, cabbage, wampum, lucre, boodle, gelt, mark, scrawl, cacography, scratch line, scratching, bread, scrabble, slit, lettuce, prick, loot, sugar, chicken feed, scraping, simoleons, abrasion, pelf, doodle, incision, dough, dinero, kale, scrape, excoriation, scar, scribble, dent, shekels, moolahscratchnoun
(golf) a handicap of zero strokes
"a golfer who plays at scratch should be able to achieve par on a course"
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lolly, start, clams, cacography, starting line, cabbage, wampum, lucre, boodle, mark, scrawl, gelt, scratch line, scratching, bread, scraping, slit, lettuce, prick, loot, sugar, chicken feed, dinero, simoleons, abrasion, pelf, incision, dough, kale, scrape, excoriation, scar, scribble, dent, shekels, moolahscratch, scrape, scar, markverb
an indication of damage
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lolly, marking, start, brand, clams, cacography, starting line, cabbage, wampum, cicatrice, gull, lucre, boodle, bell ringer, mark, scrawl, gelt, crisscross, fall guy, scratch line, scratching, stigma, score, bread, scraping, slit, grade, lettuce, prick, chump, target, loot, cicatrix, sugar, home run, chicken feed, dinero, simoleons, abrasion, sign, sucker, pelf, mug, incision, patsy, dough, fool, marker, kale, scrape, cross, print, excoriation, scar, stain, bull's eye, scribble, dent, shekels, soft touch, moolahrub, fray, fret, chafe, scratchverb
cause friction
"my sweater scratches"
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fuss, eat into, itch, excise, gag, choke, scratch up, nark, erode, fret, excoriate, bother, rile, scrub, gravel, strike, rub, inscribe, rankle, get to, eat away, come up, scrape up, scrape, cancel, nettle, gall, call off, chafe, get at, engrave, irritate, annoy, frazzle, niggle, rag, expunge, vex, grate, fray, devil, gravescratch, scrape, scratch upverb
cut the surface of; wear away the surface of
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itch, call off, scrape up, expunge, fret, grave, strike, chafe, skin, come up, cancel, inscribe, kowtow, grate, engrave, scrub, scrape, fray, genuflect, excise, scratch up, rubrub, scratch, itchverb
scrape or rub as if to relieve itching
"Don't scratch your insect bites!"
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itch, call off, scrape up, expunge, spoil, fret, grave, strike, chafe, come up, cancel, inscribe, engrave, scrub, scrape, fray, excise, scratch up, rubcancel, call off, scratch, scrubverb
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"
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itch, call off, scrape up, expunge, fret, strike down, strike, scour, chafe, come up, invalidate, grave, delete, excise, cancel, inscribe, call, engrave, scrub, scrape, fray, offset, scrub up, set off, scratch up, rubstrike, scratch, expunge, exciseverb
remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line
"Please strike this remark from the record"; "scratch that remark"
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chance upon, itch, excise, impinge on, hit, fret, attain, chance on, scrub, take, come up, fall upon, strike, rub, inscribe, move, assume, call off, collide with, coin, scrape up, cancel, fall, walk out, chafe, shine, affect, engrave, run into, happen upon, scratch up, come across, mint, strickle, impress, come to, scrape, expunge, come upon, light upon, take up, fray, discover, gravescrape, scrape up, scratch, come upverb
gather (money or other resources) together over time
"She had scraped together enough money for college"; "they scratched a meager living"
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line up, skin, itch, excise, rise, come, scratch up, get hold, fret, muster, inscribe, uprise, find, kowtow, scrub, lift, go up, surface, rub, arise, call off, come on, come up, scrape up, cancel, bob up, chafe, ascend, engrave, go on, move up, summon, genuflect, muster up, scrape, expunge, rally, strike, rise up, grate, fray, gravescratch, engrave, grave, inscribeverb
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"
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itch, call off, scrape up, enrol, expunge, enter, fret, grave, recruit, strike, etch, chafe, sculpture, code, cipher, cypher, come up, autograph, cancel, inscribe, write in code, encrypt, engrave, scrub, sculpt, scrape, fray, encipher, enroll, excise, scratch up, rub
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
scratchverb
Synonyms:
mark with a scratch, or with scratchesscratchverb
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wound slightly (as with the nails)scratchverb
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scribble, write carelesslyscratchverb
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dig (with the claws)scratchnoun
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incision (slight and ragged)scratchnoun
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slight wound (as with the nails)scratchnoun
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scratch-wig, small wig, periwig, perukescratchnoun
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
scratchadjective
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(Slang) haphazard, chance, improvisedscratchverb
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Terrestrial samples and lunar samples are very different, so the Artemis team has already taken that into account as they design their tools, they didn't start from scratch. They started with Apollo 17 and what worked really well and are moving forward from there toward Artemis.
People have built their entire compliance networks within the existing system, if they were to upend that system, everyone would have to rebuild from scratch.
Josh Day wife added : I think we’re pretty all in ! We live here. We work here. Babcock Ranch, near Fort Myers on state’s west coast, was developed from the beginning with a massive solar power farm generating 100 percent of the electric needs. About 350,000 photovoltaic solar panels stretch across a swath of land the size of 200 football fields. When developer Syd Kitson, a former NFL lineman with the Dallas Cowboys and Green Bay Packers, bought the 17,000-acre property, it was all old mining and farmland. Babcock Ranch, near Fort Myers on state’s west coast, was developed from the beginning with a massive solar power farm generating 100 percent of the electric needs. About 350,000 photovoltaic solar panels stretch across a swath of land the size of 200 football fields. It’s now the country’s first, fully solar city, with a very low carbon footprint, a soon-to-open school, electric shuttles that will eventually be driverless, a cute town square with shops and an emphasis on the environment and preservation. Where most developers would build and sell as many homes as possible, for greater profit, Kitson’s vision from the beginning was preserving most of the open space, now encompassing several lakes and 50 miles of bike trails. The homes run from $ 190,000 to about $ 499,000. Residents can work in the town, but are not required to do so. The fully completed footprint will eventually be 19,500 homes. We think about the way we develop differently …. It’s the most environmentally responsible, the most sustainable new town that’s ever been developed, and, it’s the first solar-powered town in America. And we’re very proud of that. In January, the first two people moved in. Now, there are 150 homes under contract with an expectation that will there will be 250 families moved in by December. Eight developers are now building homes. The vision is a unique creation of a 45,000-person small city. But first came the enormous solar farm. Syd Kitson gave the land to Florida Power Light for free, which then spent more than $ 100,000,000 installing all the panels, wires and storage batteries. That solar-generated power now is shared throughout FPL’s grid, as Babcock Ranch’s demand, at this point, remains very small. John Woolschlager, an urban planningprofessor at nearby Florida Gulf Coast University, said all cities canultimately follow Babcock Ranch’s model, but Florida Gulf Coast University will take years. Babcock Ranch’s huge advantage was that Babcock Ranch huge advantage’s being built from scratch with theself-sustainability and pro-environment philosophy on the ground first.
Now Ebola is here and all of those efforts have been brought to a standstill. We could be starting from scratch again, that is very heartbreaking.
If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe.
Translations for scratch
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- خربش, خدشArabic
- esgarrapar, gratar, arpejar, rascarCatalan, Valencian
- škrábanec, škrábatCzech
- crafuWelsh
- ridseDanish
- kratzen, zerkratzen, Kratzer, verkratzenGerman
- σβήνω, γρατζουνιά, χαράσσω, ξύνωGreek
- arañar, raspar, arañazo, rascar, rasguñarSpanish
- kratsima, kriimustama, sügamaEstonian
- خراشPersian
- naarmu, raapia, viiru, kynsiä, raha, rapsuttaaFinnish
- rayer, thune, biffer, pognon, égratignure, griffer, flouze, rayure, égratigner, blé, oublier, grisbi, gratterFrench
- tochais, scríobIrish
- sgrìobadhScottish Gaelic
- rañar, rascar, cozarGalician
- karcol, karmol, vakar, megkarcol, megvakarHungarian
- քորել, ճանկռել, քերծելArmenian
- obliterare, graffio, graffiare, raspare, grattare, malloppoItalian
- 引っ掻くJapanese
- გაკაწვრა, ფხაჭნა, კაწვრაGeorgian
- 긁다, 할퀴다Korean
- scalpō, scaboLatin
- खाजवणेMarathi
- ကုတ်Burmese
- krassen, krabbenDutch
- rispNorwegian
- rysa, skrobać, drapać, zadrapaniePolish
- raspar, riscar, arranhar, apagar, coçar, rascar, arranhãoPortuguese
- hasp'iy, hallp'iyQuechua
- sgriffel, sgrifflar, sgrattarRomansh
- zgâria, scărpinaRomanian
- поцарапать, почесать, царапать, шкрябать, царапина, чесать, бабкиRussian
- škrabaťSlovak
- repa, klösaSwedish
- kaşındırmak, çizmek, kaşımakTurkish
- шкрябатиUkrainian
- vết trầyVietnamese
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