| abrade | | |
| v. (contact) | 1. abrade, abrase, corrade, rub down, rub off | wear away. |
| ~ excoriate, chafe | tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading.; "This leash chafes the dog's neck" |
| ~ wear away, wear off | diminish, as by friction.; "Erosion wore away the surface" |
| ~ rasp | scrape with a rasp. |
| v. (contact) | 2. abrade, scour | rub hard or scrub.; "scour the counter tops" |
| ~ rub | move over something with pressure.; "rub my hands"; "rub oil into her skin" |
| graze | | |
| n. (state) | 1. graze | a superficial abrasion. |
| ~ abrasion, excoriation, scratch, scrape | an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off. |
| n. (act) | 2. graze, grazing | the act of grazing. |
| ~ eating, feeding | the act of consuming food. |
| v. (contact) | 3. browse, crop, graze, pasture, range | feed as in a meadow or pasture.; "the herd was grazing" |
| ~ eat, feed | take in food; used of animals only.; "This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat"; "What do whales eat?" |
| ~ range | let eat.; "range the animals in the prairie" |
| ~ pasture, graze, crop | let feed in a field or pasture or meadow. |
| v. (contact) | 4. graze | break the skin (of a body part) by scraping.; "She was grazed by the stray bullet" |
| ~ injure, wound | cause injuries or bodily harm to. |
| v. (contact) | 5. crop, graze, pasture | let feed in a field or pasture or meadow. |
| ~ animal, animate being, beast, creature, brute, fauna | a living organism characterized by voluntary movement. |
| ~ feed, give | give food to.; "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat" |
| ~ grass | feed with grass. |
| ~ graze, browse, pasture, crop, range | feed as in a meadow or pasture.; "the herd was grazing" |
| ~ drift | drive slowly and far afield for grazing.; "drift the cattle herds westwards" |
| v. (contact) | 6. crease, graze, rake | scrape gently.; "graze the skin" |
| ~ brush | touch lightly and briefly.; "He brushed the wall lightly" |
| ~ shave | touch the surface of lightly.; "His back shaved the counter in passing" |
| v. (consumption) | 7. browse, graze | eat lightly, try different dishes.; "There was so much food at the party that we quickly got sated just by browsing" |
| ~ nosh, snack | eat a snack; eat lightly.; "She never loses weight because she snacks between meals" |
| scrape | | |
| n. (event) | 1. scrape, scraping, scratch, scratching | a harsh noise made by scraping.; "the scrape of violin bows distracted her" |
| ~ noise | sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound).; "he enjoyed the street noises"; "they heard indistinct noises of people talking"; "during the firework display that ended the gala the noise reached 98 decibels" |
| n. (state) | 2. abrasion, excoriation, scrape, scratch | an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off. |
| ~ graze | a superficial abrasion. |
| ~ rope burn | abrasion (usually on the hands) caused by friction from a rope. |
| ~ wound, lesion | an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin). |
| n. (communication) | 3. scrape, scraping | a deep bow with the foot drawn backwards (indicating excessive humility).; "all that bowing and scraping did not impress him" |
| ~ bowing, obeisance, bow | bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting. |
| n. (attribute) | 4. mark, scar, scrape, scratch | an indication of damage. |
| ~ blemish, mar, defect | a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body).; "a facial blemish" |
| v. (contact) | 5. grate, scrape | scratch repeatedly.; "The cat scraped at the armchair" |
| ~ paw | scrape with the paws.; "The bear pawed the door" |
| ~ rub | move over something with pressure.; "rub my hands"; "rub oil into her skin" |
| v. (creation) | 6. scrape | make by scraping.; "They scraped a letter into the stone" |
| ~ create, make | make or cause to be or to become.; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" |
| v. (contact) | 7. scrape, scratch, scratch up | cut the surface of; wear away the surface of. |
| ~ claw | scratch, scrape, pull, or dig with claws or nails. |
| ~ scuff | mar by scuffing.; "scuffed shoes" |
| ~ incise | make an incision into by carving or cutting. |
| v. (motion) | 8. genuflect, kowtow, scrape | bend the knees and bow in a servile manner. |
| ~ bow | bend the head or the upper part of the body in a gesture of respect or greeting.; "He bowed before the King" |
| v. (contact) | 9. come up, scrape, scrape up, scratch | gather (money or other resources) together over time.; "She had scraped together enough money for college"; "they scratched a meager living" |
| ~ nickel-and-dime | accumulate gradually.; "she nickeled-and-dimed together a small house for her family" |
| ~ accumulate, collect, compile, amass, hoard, roll up, pile up | get or gather together.; "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune" |
| v. (contact) | 10. scrape, skin | bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of.; "The boy skinned his knee when he fell" |
| ~ injure, wound | cause injuries or bodily harm to. |
| scratch | | |
| n. (shape) | 1. dent, incision, prick, scratch, slit | a depression scratched or carved into a surface. |
| ~ imprint, impression, depression | a concavity in a surface produced by pressing.; "he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud" |
| ~ scotch, score | a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally). |
| n. (possession) | 2. boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, loot, lucre, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum | informal terms for money. |
| ~ money | the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender.; "we tried to collect the money he owed us" |
| n. (person) | 3. scratch | a competitor who has withdrawn from competition. |
| ~ challenger, competitor, contender, rival, competition | the contestant you hope to defeat.; "he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing" |
| n. (location) | 4. scratch, scratch line, start, starting line | a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game. |
| ~ line | in games or sports; a mark indicating positions or bounds of the playing area. |
| n. (food) | 5. chicken feed, scratch | dry mash for poultry. |
| ~ mash | mixture of ground animal feeds. |
| n. (communication) | 6. cacography, scratch, scrawl, scribble | poor handwriting. |
| ~ handwriting, script, hand | something written by hand.; "she recognized his handwriting"; "his hand was illegible" |
| ~ chicken scratch | cramped or illegible handwriting. |
| ~ squiggle | an illegible scrawl.; "his signature was just a squiggle but only he could make that squiggle" |
| n. (attribute) | 7. scratch | (golf) a handicap of zero strokes.; "a golfer who plays at scratch should be able to achieve par on a course" |
| ~ golf, golf game | a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes. |
| ~ handicap | advantage given to a competitor to equalize chances of winning. |
| v. (contact) | 8. chafe, fray, fret, rub, scratch | cause friction.; "my sweater scratches" |
| ~ adjoin, contact, touch, meet | be in direct physical contact with; make contact.; "The two buildings touch"; "Their hands touched"; "The wire must not contact the metal cover"; "The surfaces contact at this point" |
| v. (perception) | 9. itch, rub, scratch | scrape or rub as if to relieve itching.; "Don't scratch your insect bites!" |
| ~ irritate | excite to an abnormal condition, or chafe or inflame.; "Aspirin irritates my stomach" |
| v. (social) | 10. call off, cancel, scratch, scrub | postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled.; "Call off the engagement"; "cancel the dinner party"; "we had to scrub our vacation plans"; "scratch that meeting--the chair is ill" |
| ~ schedule | make a schedule; plan the time and place for events.; "I scheduled an exam for this afternoon" |
| v. (contact) | 11. excise, expunge, scratch, strike | remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line.; "Please strike this remark from the record"; "scratch that remark" |
| ~ delete, cancel | remove or make invisible.; "Please delete my name from your list" |
| v. (contact) | 12. engrave, grave, inscribe, scratch | carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface.; "engrave a pen"; "engraved the trophy cupt with the winner's"; "the lovers scratched their names into the bark of the tree" |
| ~ chip at, carve | engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface.; "carve one's name into the bark" |
| ~ engrave, etch | carve or cut a design or letters into.; "engrave the pen with the owner's name" |
| ~ character | engrave or inscribe characters on. |
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