scratch

verb/skrætʃ/CEFR B1

আঁচড়ানো, চুলকানো

Meaning

To rub your skin with your nails, or to make a mark with something sharp.

Example sentences

The cat scratched my hand.বিড়ালটি আমার হাত আঁচড়ে দিল।
He scratched his head, feeling confused.বিভ্রান্ত হয়ে সে মাথা চুলকাল।

Synonyms & antonyms

Synonyms: scrape, claw

Similar words, and what each means

scrape
চেঁছে তোলা
To remove something from a surface with a sharp or hard edge.
claw
নখ দিয়ে খামচানো/আঁচড়ানো
To scratch or grab at something with nails or claws.

Other English words for “আঁচড়ানো, চুলকানো”

claw
To scratch or grab at something with nails or claws.
itch
An uncomfortable feeling on the skin that makes you want to scratch.

“scratch” elsewhere on EnglishBD

When his dataset turned out to be unusable in March, he rebuilt it from scratch in six weeks rather than change the question.
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Writing an email from scratch is taught in every school in Bangladesh.
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Try not to scratch the itch.
itch — dictionary →

Where this word is used

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“scratch” — এর বাংলা অর্থ কোনটি?
- • ফসল কাটা
- • দাঁত বের করে চওড়া হাসি হাসা
- • সরু লম্বা ফালি করে কাটা
- • আঁচড়ানো, চুলকানো
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আঁচড়ানো, চুলকানো — scratch (verb) — আঁচড়ানো, চুলকানো. To rub your skin with your nails, or to make a mark with something sharp.
Which word is closest in meaning to “scratch”?
- • deduct
- • begin
- • scrape
- • occur
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scrape — scrape — চেঁছে তোলা. To remove something from a surface with a sharp or hard edge.

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