"scratch" meaning in English

See scratch in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /skrætʃ/ Audio: en-us-scratch.ogg [US] Forms: scratch [singular], scratches [plural]
enPR: skrăch Head templates: {{noun|2=scratches}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A scratch is a mark made by a sharp object against another object.
    Sense id: simple-scratch-en-noun-doj7oa8r
  2. If something is made from scratch, then it was made without anything that existed or was prepared before.
    Sense id: simple-scratch-en-noun-2kESYl5n

Verb

IPA: /skrætʃ/ Audio: en-us-scratch.ogg [US] Forms: scratch [canonical], scratches [third-person, singular], scratched [past], scratched [past, participle], scratching [present, participle]
enPR: skrăch Head templates: {{verb|scratch|es}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you scratch you use a sharp object to make a mark on another object.
    Sense id: simple-scratch-en-verb-GkBGdzOD
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