scratches is a form of:

Scratch



noun
1.
(Slight wound, mark, or sound made by sharp instrument, a spell of scratching, a line from which competitors start in a race when they receive no handicap. -from scratch from the very beginning, from nothing, without resources. -up to scratch up to standard, satisfactory, adequate) ស្នាមរលាត់ស្បែក, ឬខ្វាច, ឆ្នូត, ការឆូតលុប, លេខសូន្យ, ការសង្កៀត
Example: Scratch her face, Scratch the table, scratch out a word.a scratch on a fender ស្នាមឆ្កូត, a scratch on his hand ស្នាមរលាត់ hear a scratch សូរកកោសកកិត
adjective
1.
(1. Done haphazardly or by chance. 2. Assembled hastily or at random. 3. Sports. Having no golf handicap) scratch paper នៃក្រដាសព្រាង
verbpast tense: scratched ; past participle: scratched ; present participle: scratching ;
1.
(TRANSITIVE) (to mark or cut surface of slightly with something rough or pointed, to mark with scratches, to dig with claws or nails, to scrape with claws or fingernails, to make a scraping sound, to erase, to abrade, to scrape) scratch one's head អេះ, cats scratch people ក្រចៅ, briers scratch the legs ធ្វើអោយរលាត scratch out (a word) គូសចោល scratch a horse (from a race) ដកចេញ, យកចេញ (ពីការប្រណាំង)
2.
(INTRANSITIVE) (to use claws or nails in tearing, abrading, or shallow digging) wool pants scratch ចាក់, ធ្វើអោយស្កៀប
  • cat scratch disease
    - រោគគ្រុនដែលឆ្លងមកពីឆ្មា
  • cat scratch fever
    - ជំងឺគ្រុនដែលបណ្ដាលមកពីវីរុស, ដែលណ្ដាលមកពីឆ្មាក្រញ៉ៅ
  • cats scratch
    - ក្រញ៉ៅ
  • scratch (an itch)
    - អេះ
  • scratch about around (for)
    - កេះកកាយត្រង់នេះត្រង់នោះ
  • scratch from
    - ដកចេញពី, ពី
  • scratch out
    - ឆូតចោល, គុសចោល
  • scratch out a living
    - រកស៊ីចិញ្ចឹមជីវិតយ៉ាងលំបាក
  • start from scratch
    - ចាប់ផ្ដើមពីដើមទីបំផុត, ពីចំណុចសូន្យ
    - ចាប់ពីហ៊្សេរ៉ូ
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
1.
A break in the surface of a thing made by scratching, or by rubbing with anything pointed or rough; a slight wound, mark, furrow, or incision.
2.
A line across the prize ring; up to which boxers are brought when they join fight; hence, test, trial, or proof of courage; as, to bring to the scratch; to come up to the scratch.
3.
Minute, but tender and troublesome, excoriations, covered with scabs, upon the heels of horses which have been used where it is very wet or muddy.
4.
A kind of wig covering only a portion of the head.
5.
A shot which scores by chance and not as intended by the player; a fluke.
6.
In various sports, the line from which the start is made, except in the case of contestants receiving a distance handicap.
adjective
1.
Made, done, or happening by chance; arranged with little or no preparation; determined by circumstances; haphazard; as, a scratch team; a scratch crew for a boat race; a scratch shot in billiards.
verbpast tense: scratched ; past participle: scratched ; present participle: scratching ;
1.
(TRANSITIVE) To rub and tear or mark the surface of with something sharp or ragged; to scrape, roughen, or wound slightly by drawing something pointed or rough across, as the claws, the nails, a pin, or the like.
2.
(TRANSITIVE) To write or draw hastily or awkwardly.
3.
(TRANSITIVE) To cancel by drawing one or more lines through, as the name of a candidate upon a ballot, or of a horse in a list; hence, to erase; to efface; -- often with out.
4.
(TRANSITIVE) To dig or excavate with the claws; as, some animals scratch holes, in which they burrow.
5.
(INTRANSITIVE) To use the claws or nails in tearing or in digging; to make scratches.
6.
(INTRANSITIVE) To score, not by skillful play but by some fortunate chance of the game.