Слово англійською: scratch

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Переклад scratch українською: пошкря́бати (щоб не чеса́лось), шкря́бати що, поча́ти з нуля́/азі́в

Детальний опис

scratch

verb
/skrætʃ/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they scratch
/skrætʃ/
he / she / it scratches
/ˈskrætʃɪz/
past simple scratched
/skrætʃt/
past participle scratched
/skrætʃt/
-ing form scratching
/ˈskrætʃɪŋ/

    rub with your nails

  1. [transitive, intransitive] to rub your skin with your nails, usually because it is itching
    • scratch something John yawned and scratched his chin.
    • scratch (yourself) The dog scratched itself behind the ear.
    • Try not to scratch.
    • scratch at something She scratched at the insect bites on her arm.
    2.

    cut skin

  2. [transitive, intransitive] to cut or damage your skin slightly with something sharp
    • scratch (somebody/something/yourself) I'd scratched my leg and it was bleeding.
    • Does the cat scratch?
    • scratch somebody/something/yourself on something She scratched herself on a nail.
    3.

    damage surface

  3. [transitive] scratch something to damage the surface of something, especially by accident, by making thin shallow marks on it
    • Be careful not to scratch the furniture.
    • The car's paintwork is badly scratched.
    4.

    make/remove mark

  4. [transitive] scratch something + adv./prep. to make or remove a mark, etc. on something deliberately, by rubbing it with something hard or sharp
    • They scratched lines in the dirt to mark out a pitch.
    • Some graffiti had been scratched on the back of the door.
    • We scratched some of the dirt away.
    • (figurative) You can scratch my name off the list.
    5.

    make sound

  5. [intransitive] (+ adv./prep.) to make an annoying noise by rubbing something with something sharp
    • His pen scratched away on the paper.
    • We could hear mice scratching behind the wall.
    • The dog kept scratching at the door to go out.
    6.

    a living

  6. [transitive] scratch a living to make enough money to live on, but with difficulty
    • 75% of the population scratch a living from the soil.
    7.

    cancel

  7. [transitive, intransitive] to decide that something cannot happen or somebody/something cannot take part in something, before it starts
    • scratch somebody/something to scratch a rocket launch
    • scratch somebody/something from something The horse was scratched from the race because of injury.
    • scratch (from something) She had scratched because of a knee injury.
    8. Word Originlate Middle English: probably a blend of the synonymous dialect words scrat and cratch, both of uncertain origin; compare with Middle Low German kratsen and Old High German krazzōn.
Idioms
scratch your head (over something)
  1. to think hard in order to find an answer to something
    • Experts have been scratching their heads over the increase in teenage crime.
scratch the surface (of something)
  1. to deal with, understand, or find out about only a small part of a subject or problem
    • We left feeling that we had just scratched the surface of this fascinating country.
    • The investigation barely scratched the surface of the city's drug problem.
you scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours
  1. (saying) used to say that if somebody helps you, you will help them, even if this is unfair to others
Phrasal Verbs
  • scratch about
  • scratch around
  • scratch out
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