Meaning

1 senses
  1. To scratch the surface of (something) thoroughly.

    cut the surface of; wear away the surface of

Examples

9 sentences
  1. Yanni's windshield is really scratched up.

  2. Yanni's windshield is all scratched up.

  3. The cat scratch healed up well.

  4. The scratching sound started up again.

  5. Some got pretty scratched up, but nobody was severely injured.

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Forms

scratches up, scratching up, scratched up, scratched up
Base formscratch up · to scratch up
3rd person singularscratches up
Present participlescratching up
Past simplescratched up
Past participlescratched up

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyscratch up
he, she, itscratches up

Past simpleLesson

all personsscratched up

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave scratched up
he, she, ithas scratched up

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill scratch up

Phrasal verbs

3 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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