SCRATCH UP

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Cut the surface of; wear away the surface of

Synonyms:

scrape; scratch; scratch up

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "scratch up" is one way to...):

incise (make an incision into by carving or cutting)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "scratch up"):

claw (scratch, scrape, pull, or dig with claws or nails)

scuff (mar by scuffing)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something