Main entry: mark, scar, scrape, scratch
Definition: an indication of damage
Main entry: scratch
Definition: (golf) a handicap of zero strokes
Usage: a golfer who plays at scratch should be able to achieve par on a course
Main entry: cacography, scratch, scrawl, scribble
Definition: poor handwriting
Main entry: scrape, scraping, scratch, scratching
Definition: a harsh noise made by scraping
Usage: the scrape of violin bows distracted her
Main entry: scratch, chicken feed
Definition: dry mash for poultry
Main entry: start, starting line, scratch, scratch line
Definition: a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game
Main entry: scratch
Definition: a competitor who has withdrawn from competition
Main entry: sugar, dinero, dough, gelt, boodle, bread, clams, cabbage, lettuce, lolly, loot, lucre, kale, simoleons, shekels, scratch, moolah, pelf, wampum
Definition: informal terms for money
Main entry: dent, prick, incision, slit, scratch
Definition: a depression scratched or carved into a surface
Main entry: abrasion, scrape, scratch, excoriation
Definition: an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off
Main entry: scratch, rub, chafe, fret, fray
Definition: cause friction
Usage: my sweater scratches
Main entry: scrape, scratch, scratch up
Definition: cut the surface of; wear away the surface of
Main entry: scratch, grave, inscribe, engrave
Definition: carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface
Usage: engrave a pen; engraved the trophy cupt with the winner's; the lovers scratched their names into the bark of the tree
Main entry: come up, scrape, scrape up, scratch
Definition: gather (money or other resources) together over time
Usage: She had scraped together enough money for college; they scratched a meager living
Main entry: scratch, strike, excise, expunge
Definition: remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line
Usage: Please strike this remark from the record; scratch that remark
Main entry: rub, scratch, itch
Definition: scrape or rub as if to relieve itching
Usage: Don't scratch your insect bites!
Main entry: call off, cancel, scratch, scrub
Definition: postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled
Usage: Call off the engagement; cancel the dinner party; we had to scrub our vacation plans; scratch that meeting--the chair is ill