scratch
/skrætʃ/verb
उच्चारण स्क्रैच
खुजाना; खरोंचना
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[T, I]
to rub your skin with your nails, usually because it is itching; to cut or damage your skin slightly with something sharp; to make a mark on a surface with something sharp
खुजाना; खरोंचना
- scratch your head
- The cat scratched the sofa again.
- The child scratched the mosquito bite until it bled.
+ 2 more examples
- Don't scratch the table with that knife.
- The dog scratched at the door to be let out.
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[C]
a mark, a cut or an injury made by scratching
खरोंच
- from scratch
- There is a deep scratch on the door of the car.
- There was a scratch on my phone screen after the fall.
+ 2 more examples
- He had a small scratch on his arm from the thorn bush.
- They built the whole app from scratch in six months.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
scratch sth / scratch sth with sth
Scratch takes the thing scratched as object and with for the tool, such as nails or a key.
'Scratch' के बाद वह चीज़ आती है जिसे खरोंचा जाए, और साधन के लिए with आता है।
- She scratched her arm with her nails.
- Someone scratched the car with a key.
scratch at / on sth
Use at when scratching an itch or attempting to scratch, and on or into when leaving a mark.
खुजली या खुरचने की कोशिश के लिए 'at' और निशान छोड़ने के लिए 'on' या 'into' आता है।
- The cat scratched at the door.
- He scratched his name on the desk.
from scratch / up to scratch
'From scratch' means from the very beginning. 'Up to scratch' means good enough, and is usually used in a negative form.
'From scratch' का अर्थ बिल्कुल शुरुआत से है। 'Up to scratch' का अर्थ पर्याप्त अच्छा है, और प्रायः नकारात्मक में आता है।
- Radhika built her website from scratch.
- His work was not up to scratch.
scratch (noun): a scratch on sth
Use on for the place where a mark appears. A scratch is a small mark or cut; 'a scratch' also means a very minor injury.
निशान जिस जगह पर हो, उसके लिए 'on' आता है। 'Scratch' छोटा निशान या हल्की चोट है।
- There is a scratch on the screen.
- He escaped without a scratch.
+Collocations 4
scratch + noun
your headan itchthe surfacethe painta lottery ticket
- He scratched his head and looked at the question.
adjective + scratch
deepslightminorfreshlong
- There is a deep scratch on the table.
scratch + adverb
hardlightlygentlyslowlyabsently
- The dog scratched gently at the door.
idiom with scratch
from scratchup to scratchscratch the surfacescratch my backstart from scratch
- We had to start from scratch after the fire.
“More examples 7
- The puppy scratched at the door to be let in.
पिल्ला अंदर आने के लिए दरवाज़ा खुरचने लगा।
- Radhika made the entire cake from scratch for her mother's birthday.
राधिका ने अपनी माँ के जन्मदिन के लिए पूरा केक शुरू से खुद बनाया।
- The mosquito bites made him scratch his legs all night.
मच्छरों के काटने से वह रात भर अपने पैर खुजलाता रहा।
- The research has only scratched the surface of the problem.
शोध ने समस्या की केवल ऊपरी सतह को छुआ है।
- A long scratch ran along the side of the new scooter.
नए scooter के किनारे पर एक लंबी खरोंच थी।
- Please do not scratch the paint on the new car.
कृपया नई कार का रंग न खरोंचें।
- The old record had so many scratches that it kept skipping.
पुराने रिकॉर्ड में इतनी खरोंचें थीं कि वह बार-बार अटकता था।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ He scratched his head by his fingers.
✓ He scratched his head with his fingers.
The tool or instrument is introduced by with.
साधन या उपकरण से पहले 'with' आता है।
✗ I made this project from the scratch.
✓ I made this project from scratch.
The phrase from scratch takes no article.
'From scratch' में article नहीं आता।
¶Idioms 2
from scratch
without any previous preparation or knowledge
बिलकुल शुरुआत से, शून्य से
- Radhika learnt English from scratch and now teaches it.
- We had to rebuild the website from scratch.
up to scratch
as good as it should be
अपेक्षित स्तर का; ठीक-ठाक
- Her work isn't up to scratch.
- The facilities at the hostel are not up to scratch.
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
From scratch (from the very beginning: 'start grammar from scratch'), up to scratch (good enough), scratch the surface (deal with only a small part).
Idioms अक्सर पूछे जाते हैं: from scratch (बिलकुल शुरुआत से: 'start grammar from scratch'), up to scratch (पर्याप्त अच्छा), scratch the surface (केवल ऊपरी भाग छूना)।