scratch

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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

v. score, gash, scrape, rasp, wound, lacerate, deface; erase, withdraw, reject; scribble, scrawl; irritate; sputter. See friction, writing, furrow, shallowness.

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(Roget's IV) n.

Syn. hurt, cut, mark; see injury 1 , scar .

• from scratch*,

Syn. from the start, from the beginning, without preparation, without a predecessor, solely; see also alone , original 1 .

v.

Syn. scrape, scarify, prick; see damage 1 , hurt 1 .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

I

n.

cut, laceration, incision, scar, abrasion, scrape, gash, line, score.

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v.

1. cut lacerate, incise, scar, abrade, scrape, gash, score, graze.

2. eliminate cancel, drop, delete, erase, withdraw, strike.

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) I verb 1. To bring or come into abrasive contact, often with a harsh grating sound: grate, rasp, scrape. See SOUNDS. 2. To remove or invalidate by or as if by running a line through or wiping clean. Also used with out: annul, blot (out), cancel, cross (off or out), delete, efface, erase, expunge, obliterate, rub (out), strike (out), undo, wipe (out), x (out). Law: vacate. See CONTINUE. 3. Slang. To decide not to go ahead with (something previously arranged): call off, cancel. Slang: scrub. See CONTINUE. II noun 1. An incision, a notch, or a slight cut made with or as if with a knife: score, scotch, slash. See MARKS. 2. Slang. Something, such as coins or printed bills, used as a medium of exchange: cash, currency, lucre, money. Informal: wampum. Slang: bread, cabbage, dough, gelt, green, jack, lettuce, long green, mazuma, moola. Chiefly British: brass. See MONEY.