usage: cut the surface of; wear away the surface of
3. rub, scratch, itch, irritate
usage: scrape or rub as if to relieve itching; "Don't scratch your insect bites!"
4. cancel, call off, scratch, scrub
usage: postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled; "Call off the engagement"; "cancel the dinner party"; "we had to scrub our vacation plans"; "scratch that meeting--the chair is ill"
usage: remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line; "Please strike this remark from the record"; "scratch that remark"
6. scrape, scrape up, scratch, come up, roll up, collect, accumulate, pile up, amass, compile, hoard
usage: gather (money or other resources) together over time; "She had scraped together enough money for college"; "they scratched a meager living"
7. scratch, engrave, grave, inscribe, carve, chip at
usage: carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface; "engrave a pen"; "engraved the trophy cupt with the winner's"; "the lovers scratched their names into the bark of the tree"