English words for '(transitive) To scratch again.'
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verb
- (transitive) To cause a slight wound to; to scratch.
- To shoplift by consuming food or drink items before reaching the checkout.
- (transitive) To tend (cattle, etc.) while grazing.
- (transitive) To rub or touch lightly the surface of (a thing) in passing.
- (intransitive) To eat small amounts of food periodically throughout the day, rather than at fixed mealtimes, often not in response to hunger.
- (intransitive) To yield grass for grazing.
- (ambitransitive) To feed on; to eat (growing herbage); to eat grass from (a pasture)
- (transitive) To feed or supply (cattle, sheep, etc.) with grass; to furnish pasture for.
- feed as in a meadow or pasture
- let feed in a field or pasture or meadow
- scrape gently
- break the skin (of a body part) by scraping
- eat lightly, try different dishes
noun
verb
- scratch repeatedly
- make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together
- reduce to small shreds or pulverize by rubbing against a rough or sharp perforated surface
- furnish with a grate
- gnaw into; make resentful or angry
- (by extension, transitive) To annoy.
- (intransitive) To make an unpleasant rasping sound, often as the result of rubbing against something.
- (transitive) To furnish with grates; to protect with a grating or crossbars.
- (by extension, intransitive) To get on one's nerves; to irritate, annoy.
- (transitive, cooking) To shred (things, usually foodstuffs), by rubbing across a grater.
noun
- a frame of iron bars to hold a fire
- a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air
- a harsh rasping sound made by scraping something
- A horizontal metal grill through which liquid, ash, or small objects can fall, while larger objects cannot.
- (historical) A grapper, a metal ring on a lance behind the grip.
- A frame or bed, or kind of basket, of iron bars, for holding fuel while burning.
verb
- scratch repeatedly
- bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of
- make by scraping
- gather (money or other resources) together over time
- cut the surface of; wear away the surface of
- bend the knees and bow in a servile manner
- (transitive) To injure or damage by rubbing across a surface.
- (intransitive) To draw back the right foot along the ground or floor when making a bow.
- (transitive) To remove (something) by drawing an object along in this manner.
- To express disapprobation of (a play, etc.) or to silence (a speaker) by drawing the feet back and forth upon the floor; usually with down.
- (intransitive) To occupy oneself with getting laboriously.
- (ambitransitive) To play awkwardly and inharmoniously on a violin or similar instrument.
- (transitive) To barely manage to achieve or attain.
- (computing, transitive) To extract data by automated means from a format not intended to be machine-readable, such as a screenshot or a formatted web page.
- (transitive) To collect or gather, especially without regard to the quality of what is chosen.
- (ambitransitive) To draw (an object, especially a sharp or angular one), along (something) while exerting pressure.
noun
- a harsh noise made by scraping
- a deep bow with the foot drawn backwards (indicating excessive humility)
- an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off
- an indication of damage
- (heraldry) A diminutive of the bend (especially of the bend sinister) which is half its width.
- A shallow depression used by ground birds as a nest; a nest scrape.
- A broad, shallow injury left by scraping (rather than a cut or a scratch).
- (British, slang) A D and C or abortion; or, a miscarriage.
- An awkward set of circumstances.
- An intermittent shallow pond in a wetland or floodplain, often artificially created to attract birds.
- (military) A shallow pit dug as a hideout.
- (slang) A fight, especially a fistfight without weapons.
- (UK, slang) A shave.
- The sound or action of something being scraped.
- Something removed by being scraped; a thin layer of something such as butter on bread.
verb
- (transitive) To make a nick or notch in; to cut or scratch in a minor way.
- (transitive, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, law enforcement, slang) To arrest.
- (transitive, mining) To make a cut at the side of the face.
- (transitive, rare) To make a crosscut or cuts on the underside of (the tail of a horse, in order to make the animal carry it higher).
- (transitive, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, colloquial) To steal.
- (transitive) To make ragged or uneven, as by cutting nicks or notches in; to deface, to mar.
- cut slightly, with a razor
- mate successfully; of livestock
- divide or reset the tail muscles of
- cut a nick into
noun
- (genetics) One of the single-stranded DNA segments produced during nick translation.
- (cricket) A small deflection of the ball off the edge of the bat, often going to the wicket-keeper for a catch.
- (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, law enforcement, slang) A police station or prison.
- (Internet) Clipping of nickname.
- (real tennis, squash, racquetball) The point where the wall of the court meets the floor.
- (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, colloquial) Often in the expressions in bad nick and in good nick: condition, state.
- (British slang) a prison
- a small cut
- an impression in a surface (as made by a blow)
verb
- (transitive) To begin again; to recommence.
- (transitive) To make (something) new again; to restore to freshness or original condition.
- (theology) To make new spiritually; to regenerate.
- (transitive, intransitive) To extend a period of loan, especially a library book that is due to be returned.
- (transitive) To replace (something which has broken etc.); to replenish (something which has been exhausted), to keep up a required supply of.
- (rare) To repeat.
- cause to appear in a new form
- reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new
noun
verb
- (transitive) To repair, restore.
- (transitive) To liberate by payment of a ransom.
- (transitive) To set free by force.
- (transitive) To restore the honour, worth, or reputation of oneself or something.
- (transitive) To save, rescue.
- (transitive) To reform, change (for the better).
- (transitive) To recover ownership of something by buying it back.
- (transitive) To expiate, atone (for).
- (transitive) To save from a state of sin (and from its consequences).
- (transitive, finance) To convert (some bond or security) into cash.
- (transitive) To clear, release from debt or blame.
- exchange or buy back for money; under threat
- convert into cash; of commercial papers
- to turn in (vouchers or coupons) and receive something in exchange
- restore the honor or worth of
- pay off (loans or promissory notes)
- save from sins
verb
- (transitive) To scratch, tear, or break slightly; graze
- (intransitive) To move like the undulating surface of a body of water; to undulate.
- (transitive) To shape into a series of ripples.
- To remove the seeds from (the stalks of flax, etc.), by means of a ripple.
- (intransitive) To propagate like a moving wave.
- (transitive) To launch or unleash in rapid succession.
- (intransitive) To make a sound as of water running gently over a rough bottom, or the breaking of ripples on the shore.
- flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise
- stir up (water) so as to form ripples
noun
- A style of ice cream in which flavors have been coarsely blended together.
- One of a series of corrugations in flat surface.
- (dialectal, historical) thripple, cart ladder (extension for cart or wagon)
- A sound similar to that of undulating water.
- (textiles) An implement, with teeth like those of a comb, for removing the seeds and seed vessels from flax, broom corn, etc.
- (figurative) A small spreading change, impact, or effect produced by a larger or more consequential action.
- A moving disturbance, or undulation, in the surface of a fluid.
- (electronics) A small oscillation of an otherwise steady signal.
- (electronics) an oscillation of small amplitude imposed on top of a steady value
- a small wave on the surface of a liquid
verb
verb
- (transitive) To cause a slight wound to; to scratch.
- To shoplift by consuming food or drink items before reaching the checkout.
- (transitive) To tend (cattle, etc.) while grazing.
- (transitive) To rub or touch lightly the surface of (a thing) in passing.
- (intransitive) To eat small amounts of food periodically throughout the day, rather than at fixed mealtimes, often not in response to hunger.
- (intransitive) To yield grass for grazing.
- (ambitransitive) To feed on; to eat (growing herbage); to eat grass from (a pasture)
- (transitive) To feed or supply (cattle, sheep, etc.) with grass; to furnish pasture for.
- feed as in a meadow or pasture
- let feed in a field or pasture or meadow
- scrape gently
- break the skin (of a body part) by scraping
- eat lightly, try different dishes
noun
verb
- scratch repeatedly
- make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together
- reduce to small shreds or pulverize by rubbing against a rough or sharp perforated surface
- furnish with a grate
- gnaw into; make resentful or angry
- (by extension, transitive) To annoy.
- (intransitive) To make an unpleasant rasping sound, often as the result of rubbing against something.
- (transitive) To furnish with grates; to protect with a grating or crossbars.
- (by extension, intransitive) To get on one's nerves; to irritate, annoy.
- (transitive, cooking) To shred (things, usually foodstuffs), by rubbing across a grater.
noun
- a frame of iron bars to hold a fire
- a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air
- a harsh rasping sound made by scraping something
- A horizontal metal grill through which liquid, ash, or small objects can fall, while larger objects cannot.
- (historical) A grapper, a metal ring on a lance behind the grip.
- A frame or bed, or kind of basket, of iron bars, for holding fuel while burning.
verb
- scratch repeatedly
- bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of
- make by scraping
- gather (money or other resources) together over time
- cut the surface of; wear away the surface of
- bend the knees and bow in a servile manner
- (transitive) To injure or damage by rubbing across a surface.
- (intransitive) To draw back the right foot along the ground or floor when making a bow.
- (transitive) To remove (something) by drawing an object along in this manner.
- To express disapprobation of (a play, etc.) or to silence (a speaker) by drawing the feet back and forth upon the floor; usually with down.
- (intransitive) To occupy oneself with getting laboriously.
- (ambitransitive) To play awkwardly and inharmoniously on a violin or similar instrument.
- (transitive) To barely manage to achieve or attain.
- (computing, transitive) To extract data by automated means from a format not intended to be machine-readable, such as a screenshot or a formatted web page.
- (transitive) To collect or gather, especially without regard to the quality of what is chosen.
- (ambitransitive) To draw (an object, especially a sharp or angular one), along (something) while exerting pressure.
noun
- a harsh noise made by scraping
- a deep bow with the foot drawn backwards (indicating excessive humility)
- an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off
- an indication of damage
- (heraldry) A diminutive of the bend (especially of the bend sinister) which is half its width.
- A shallow depression used by ground birds as a nest; a nest scrape.
- A broad, shallow injury left by scraping (rather than a cut or a scratch).
- (British, slang) A D and C or abortion; or, a miscarriage.
- An awkward set of circumstances.
- An intermittent shallow pond in a wetland or floodplain, often artificially created to attract birds.
- (military) A shallow pit dug as a hideout.
- (slang) A fight, especially a fistfight without weapons.
- (UK, slang) A shave.
- The sound or action of something being scraped.
- Something removed by being scraped; a thin layer of something such as butter on bread.
verb
- (transitive) To make a nick or notch in; to cut or scratch in a minor way.
- (transitive, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, law enforcement, slang) To arrest.
- (transitive, mining) To make a cut at the side of the face.
- (transitive, rare) To make a crosscut or cuts on the underside of (the tail of a horse, in order to make the animal carry it higher).
- (transitive, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, colloquial) To steal.
- (transitive) To make ragged or uneven, as by cutting nicks or notches in; to deface, to mar.
- cut slightly, with a razor
- mate successfully; of livestock
- divide or reset the tail muscles of
- cut a nick into
noun
- (genetics) One of the single-stranded DNA segments produced during nick translation.
- (cricket) A small deflection of the ball off the edge of the bat, often going to the wicket-keeper for a catch.
- (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, law enforcement, slang) A police station or prison.
- (Internet) Clipping of nickname.
- (real tennis, squash, racquetball) The point where the wall of the court meets the floor.
- (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, colloquial) Often in the expressions in bad nick and in good nick: condition, state.
- (British slang) a prison
- a small cut
- an impression in a surface (as made by a blow)
verb
- (transitive) To begin again; to recommence.
- (transitive) To make (something) new again; to restore to freshness or original condition.
- (theology) To make new spiritually; to regenerate.
- (transitive, intransitive) To extend a period of loan, especially a library book that is due to be returned.
- (transitive) To replace (something which has broken etc.); to replenish (something which has been exhausted), to keep up a required supply of.
- (rare) To repeat.
- cause to appear in a new form
- reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new
noun
verb
- (transitive) To repair, restore.
- (transitive) To liberate by payment of a ransom.
- (transitive) To set free by force.
- (transitive) To restore the honour, worth, or reputation of oneself or something.
- (transitive) To save, rescue.
- (transitive) To reform, change (for the better).
- (transitive) To recover ownership of something by buying it back.
- (transitive) To expiate, atone (for).
- (transitive) To save from a state of sin (and from its consequences).
- (transitive, finance) To convert (some bond or security) into cash.
- (transitive) To clear, release from debt or blame.
- exchange or buy back for money; under threat
- convert into cash; of commercial papers
- to turn in (vouchers or coupons) and receive something in exchange
- restore the honor or worth of
- pay off (loans or promissory notes)
- save from sins
verb
- (transitive) To scratch, tear, or break slightly; graze
- (intransitive) To move like the undulating surface of a body of water; to undulate.
- (transitive) To shape into a series of ripples.
- To remove the seeds from (the stalks of flax, etc.), by means of a ripple.
- (intransitive) To propagate like a moving wave.
- (transitive) To launch or unleash in rapid succession.
- (intransitive) To make a sound as of water running gently over a rough bottom, or the breaking of ripples on the shore.
- flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise
- stir up (water) so as to form ripples
noun
- A style of ice cream in which flavors have been coarsely blended together.
- One of a series of corrugations in flat surface.
- (dialectal, historical) thripple, cart ladder (extension for cart or wagon)
- A sound similar to that of undulating water.
- (textiles) An implement, with teeth like those of a comb, for removing the seeds and seed vessels from flax, broom corn, etc.
- (figurative) A small spreading change, impact, or effect produced by a larger or more consequential action.
- A moving disturbance, or undulation, in the surface of a fluid.
- (electronics) A small oscillation of an otherwise steady signal.
- (electronics) an oscillation of small amplitude imposed on top of a steady value
- a small wave on the surface of a liquid
verb
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