scratches
- 1Plural of scratch. Use this form when you mean more than one scratch.
The cat left deep scratches on the wooden door.
Her arms were covered in tiny scratches after the hike.
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- 2Third-person singular present of scratch. Use this form with he, she, or it.
The dog scratches at the door whenever it wants to come inside.
She scratches her head whenever a question confuses her.
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- 3A skin disease on a horse's lower leg that makes the skin sore, cracked, and crusty.
Like chapped, cracked skin you get from standing in cold, wet mud for too long.
The vet found scratches after spotting crusty sores on the horse's lower legs.
Standing in wet, muddy fields can give horses scratches.
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Showing meanings only.
scratches is a form of scratch
scratch, noun: A mark or small cut made when something sharp scrapes a surface or the skin. Full entry
- Forms
- scratchscratches plural
- Spelling
- scratch → scratches: add -es
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪz/, an extra syllable.
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Origins
From the word "scratch" plus the ending "-es".
Named after the disease, which makes the animal scratch itself.