n. 25B6; verb
the paintwork was scratched : SCORE, abrade, scrape, scuff.
thorns scratched her skin : GRAZE, scrape, abrade, skin, rub raw, cut, lacerate, bark, chafe; wound; Medicine excoriate.
many names had been scratched out : CROSS OUT, strike out, score out, delete, erase, remove, eliminate, expunge, obliterate.
she was forced to scratch from the race : WITHDRAW, pull out of, back out of, bow out of, stand down.
25B6; noun
he had two scratches on his cheek : GRAZE, scrape, abrasion, cut, laceration, wound.
a scratch on the paintwork : SCORE, mark, line, scrape.
25A0; up to scratch GOOD ENOUGH, up to the mark, up to standard, up to par, satisfactory, acceptable, adequate, passable, sufficient, all right; informal OK, up to snuff.