An abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off.

synonyms: abrasion, excoriation, scrape.

Roget 619: evil, ill, harm, hurt.   , mischief, nuisance; machinations of the devil, Pandora's box, ills that flesh is heir to.    blow, buffet, stroke, scratch, bruise, wound, gash, mutilation; mortal blow, wound; immedicabile vulnus [Lat.]; damage, loss etc. (deterioration) 659.    disadvantage, prejudice, drawback.    disaster, accident, casualty; mishap etc. (misfortune) 735; bad job, devil to pay; calamity, bale, catastrophe, tragedy; ruin etc. (destruction) 162; adversity etc. 735.    mental suffering etc. 828.    demon etc. 980.    (Evil spirit) bane, etc. 663 (cause of evil). badness, etc. 649 (Production of Evil); painfulness, etc. 830; evil doer, etc. 913.    outrage, wrong, injury, foul play; bad turn, ill turn; disservice, spoliation etc. 791; grievance, crying evil.    ... show more

Roget 555: misrepresentation, distortion, caricatura^†, exaggeration; daubing etc. v.; bad likeness, daub, sign painting; scratch, caricature; anamorphosis^†; burlesque, falsification, misstatement; parody, lampoon, take-off, travesty.    ... show more

Dutch: geseling, abrasie, afschurving, klauw, krab, krauw, schaafwond
Polish: draśnięcie, zadraśnięcie

A depression scratched or carved into a surface.

synonyms: dent, incision, prick, slit.

Roget 259: furrow, groove, rut, sulcus [Anat.], scratch, streak, striae, crack, score, incision, slit; chamfer, fluting; corduroy road, cradle hole.    channel, gutter, trench, ditch, dike, dyke; moat, fosse^†, trough, kennel; ravine etc. (interval) 198; tajo [U.S.], thank-ye-ma'am [U.S.].    ... show more

Informal terms for money.

synonyms: boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, loot, lucre, moolah, pelf, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum ... show more.

Dutch: poen, gewin
Polish: kieszeń

A competitor who has withdrawn from competition.

A line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game.

synonyms: scratch line, start, starting line.

Polish: start

Dry mash for poultry.

synonym: chicken feed.

A harsh noise made by scraping.

synonyms: scrape, scraping, scratching.

Dutch: gekras, kattegejank, kattengejank
Polish: zgrzyt, zgrzytanie

Poor handwriting.

synonyms: cacography, scrawl, scribble.

Dutch: gekriebel, hanenpoot, hanenpoten, hanepoot, hanepoten, kladschrift, krabbelpootje, krabbelschrift, kriebelpootje

golf A handicap of zero strokes.

An indication of damage.

synonyms: mark, scar, scrape.

Roget 550: indication; symbolism, symbolization; semiology, semiotics, semeiology^†, semeiotics^†; Zeitgeist.    [means of recognition: property] characteristic, diagnostic; lineament, feature, trait; fingerprint, voiceprint, footprint, noseprint [for animals]; cloven hoof; footfall; recognition (memory) 505.    [means of recognition: tool] diagnostic, divining rod; detector.    sign, symbol; index, indice^†, indicator; point, pointer; exponent, note, token, symptom; dollar sign, dollar mark.    type, figure, emblem, cipher, device; representation etc. 554; epigraph, motto, posy.    gesture, gesticulation; pantomime; wink, glance, leer; nod, shrug, beck; touch, nudge; dactylology^†, dactylonomy^†; freemasonry, telegraphy, chirology [Med.], byplay, dumb show; cue; hint etc. 527; clue, clew, key, scent.    signal, signal post; rocket, blue light; watch fire, watch tower; telegraph, semaphore, flagstaff; cresset^†, fiery cross; calumet; heliograph; guidon; headlight.    [sign (evidence) on physobj of contact with another physobj] mark, scratch, line, stroke, dash, score, stripe, streak, tick, dot, point, notch, nick.    print; imprint, impress, impression.    [symbols accompanying written text to signify modified interpretation] keyboard symbols, printing symbols; [Symbols for emphasis], red letter, italics, sublineation^†, underlining, bold font; jotting; note, annotation, reference; blaze, cedilla, guillemets^†, hachure [Topo.]; [Special Characters list], quotation marks, "; double quotes, " "; parentheses, "( )"; brackets, "[ ]"; braces, "{ }", curly brackets; arrows, slashes; left parenthesis, "("; right parenthesis, ")"; opening bracket, "["; closing bracket, "]"; left curly brace, "{"; right curly brace, "}"; left arrow, ""; forward slash, "/"; backward slash, "\\"; exclamation point, "!"; commercial at, "@"; pound sign, "#"; percent sign, "%"; carat, "^"; ampersand, "&"; asterisk, "*"; hyphen, "-"; dash, "-", "_"; em dash, "--"; plus sign, "+"; equals sign, "="; question mark, "?"; period, "."; semicolon, ";"; colon, ":"; comma, ","; apostrophe, "'"; single quote, "'"; tilde, "~". [For identification: general] badge, criterion; countercheck^†, countermark^†, countersign, counterfoil; duplicate, tally; label, ticket, billet, letter, counter, check, chip, chop; dib^†; totem; tessera^†, card, bill; witness, voucher; stamp; cacher [Fr.]; trade mark, Hall mark.    [For identification of people, on a document] signature, mark, autograph, autography; attestation; hand, hand writing, sign manual; cipher; seal, sigil [Lat.], signet, hand and seal [Law]; paraph^†, brand; superscription; indorsement^†, endorsement.    [For identification of people, to gain access to restricted (locations or information)] password, watchword, catchword; security card, pass, passkey; credentials etc. (evidence) 467; open sesame; timbrology^†; mot de passe [Fr.], mot du guet [Fr.]; pass-parole; shibboleth.    title, heading, docket.    address card, visiting card; carte de visite [Fr.].    insignia; banner, banneret^†, bannerol^†; bandrol^†; flag, colors, streamer, standard, eagle, labarum^†, oriflamb^†, oriflamme; figurehead; ensign; pennon, pennant, pendant; burgee^†, blue Peter, jack, ancient, gonfalon, union jack; banderole, old glory [U.S.], quarantine flag; vexillum^†; yellow-flag, yellow jack; tricolor, stars and stripes; bunting.    heraldry, crest; coat of arms, arms; armorial bearings, hatchment^†; escutcheon, scutcheon; shield, supporters; livery, uniform; cockade, epaulet, chevron; garland, love knot, favor.    [Of locality] beacon, cairn, post, staff, flagstaff, hand, pointer, vane, cock, weathercock; guidepost, handpost^†, fingerpost^†, directing post, signpost; pillars of Hercules, pharos; bale-fire, beacon-fire; l'etoile du Nord [Fr.]; landmark, seamark; lighthouse, balize^†; polestar, loadstar^†, lodestar; cynosure, guide; address, direction, name; sign, signboard.    [Of the future] warning etc. 668; omen etc. 512; prefigurement etc. 511.    [Of the past] trace, record &c., 551.    [Of danger] warning etc. 668, alarm etc. 669.    [of authority]. scepter etc. 747.    [of triumph]. trophy etc. 733.    [of quantity]. gauge etc. 466.    [Of Distance] milestone, milepost.    [Of disgrace], brand, fool's cap.    [For detection], check, telltale; test etc. (experiment) 463; mileage ticket; milliary^†.    notification etc. (information) 527; advertisement etc. (publication) 531.    word of command, call; bugle call, trumpet call; bell, alarum, cry; battle cry, rallying cry; angelus^†; reveille; sacring bell^†, sanctus bell [Lat.].    exposition etc. (explanation) 522, proof etc. (evidence) 463; pattern etc. (prototype) 22.    ... show more

Cause friction:
— My sweater scratches.

synonyms: chafe, fray, fret, rub.

Roget 649: be hurtful etc. adj.; cause evil, produce evil, inflict evil, work evil, do evil etc. 619; damnify^†, endamage^†, hurt, harm; injure etc. (damage) 659; pain etc. 830.    wrong, aggrieve, oppress, persecute; trample upon, tread upon, bear hard upon, put upon; overburden; weigh down, weigh heavy on; victimize; run down; molest etc. 830.    maltreat, abuse; ill-use, ill-treat; buffet, bruise, scratch, maul; smite etc. (scourge) 972; do violence, do harm, do a mischief; stab, pierce, outrage.    do mischief, make mischief; bring into trouble.    destroy etc. 162.    ... show more

Roget 556: paint, design, limn draw, sketch, pencil, scratch, shade, stipple, hatch, dash off, chalk out, square up; color, dead color, wash, varnish; draw in pencil etc. n.; paint in oils etc. n.; stencil; depict etc. (represent) 554.    ... show more

Roget 331: rub, scratch, scrape, scrub, slide, fray, rasp, graze, curry, scour, polish, rub out, wear down, gnaw; file, grind etc. (reduce to powder) 330.    set one's teeth on edge; rosin.    ... show more

Dutch: aanlopen, oplopen

Cut the surface of; wear away the surface of.

synonyms: scrape, scratch up.

Dutch: schrabben, schrapen, schrappen

Scrape or rub as if to relieve itching:
— Don't scratch your insect bites!.

synonyms: itch, rub.

Dutch: krauwen, krabbelen, klauwen, krabben, schuren

Postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled:
— Scratch that meeting--the chair is ill.

synonyms: call off, cancel, scrub.

Dutch: afketsen, afspringen, afstuiten, annuleren, doorhalen, schrappen

Remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line:
— Scratch that remark.

synonyms: excise, expunge, strike.

Dutch: verwijderen, uitwissen

Gather (money or other resources) together over time:
— They scratched a meager living.

synonyms: come up, scrape, scrape up.

Carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface:
— The lovers scratched their names into the bark of the tree.

synonyms: engrave, grave, inscribe.

Roget 590: write, pen; copy, engross; write out, write out fair; transcribe; scribble, scrawl, scrabble, scratch; interline; stain paper; write down etc. (record) 551; sign etc. (attest) 467; enface^†.    compose, indite, draw up, draft, formulate; dictate; inscribe, throw on paper, dash off; manifold.    take up the pen, take pen in hand; shed ink, spill ink, dip one's pen in ink.    ... show more

Dutch: krabben