English to English
adjective
- Made, done, or happening by chance; arranged with little or no preparation; determined by circumstances; haphazard; as, a scratch team; a scratch crew for a boat race; a scratch shot in billiards.
source: Webster 1913
noun
- an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off
source: WordNet 3.0
- a depression scratched or carved into a surface
source: WordNet 3.0
- informal terms for money
source: WordNet 3.0
- a competitor who has withdrawn from competition
source: WordNet 3.0
- a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game
source: WordNet 3.0
- dry mash for poultry
source: WordNet 3.0
- a harsh noise made by scraping
The scrape of violin bows distracted her.
source: WordNet 3.0
- poor handwriting
source: WordNet 3.0
- (golf) a handicap of zero strokes
A golfer who plays at scratch should be able to achieve par on a course.
source: WordNet 3.0
- an indication of damage
source: WordNet 3.0
- A break in the surface of a thing made by scratching, or by rubbing with anything pointed or rough; a slight wound, mark, furrow, or incision.
source: Webster 1913
- In various sports, the line from which the start is made, except in the case of contestants receiving a distance handicap.
source: Webster 1913
verb
- cause friction
My sweater scratches.
source: WordNet 3.0
- cut the surface of; wear away the surface of
source: WordNet 3.0
- scrape or rub as if to relieve itching
Don't scratch your insect bites!.
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line
Please strike this remark from the record.
Scratch that remark.
source: WordNet 3.0
- gather (money or other resources) together over time
She had scraped together enough money for college.
They scratched a meager living.
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: Webster 1913
- To use the claws or nails in tearing or in digging; to make scratches.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
noun
- [scrátch] Kamot; galos
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
verb
- [scrátch] Kamutin; kumalmot.
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
