Scratch
To dream that you are scratching yourself, symbolizes a minor irritation or frustration.
Perhaps something that began as minor may have the potential to become worse. Or that somebody may have hit a sore spot in you.
To see a scratch in your dream, suggests that you are feeling anxiety about having to start over or begin something "from scratch".
Dictionary definition
- n. 1: an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off [syn: abrasion, scratch, scrape, excoriation]
- 2: a depression scratched or carved into a surface [syn: incision, scratch, prick, slit, dent]
- 3: informal terms for money [syn: boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, lucre, loot, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum]
- 4: a competitor who has withdrawn from competition
- 5: a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game [syn: start, starting line, scratch, scratch line]
- 6: dry mash for poultry [syn: chicken feed, scratch]
- 7: a harsh noise made by scraping; "the scrape of violin bows distracted her" [syn: scrape, scraping, scratch, scratching]
- 8: poor handwriting [syn: scribble, scratch, scrawl, cacography]
- 9: (golf) a handicap of zero strokes; "a golfer who plays at scratch should be able to achieve par on a course"
- 10: an indication of damage [syn: scratch, scrape, scar, mark]
- v. 1: cause friction; "my sweater scratches" [syn: rub, fray, fret, chafe, scratch]
- 2: cut the surface of; wear away the surface of [syn: scratch, scrape, scratch up]
- 3: scrape or rub as if to relieve itching; "Don't scratch your insect bites!" [syn: rub, scratch, itch]
- 4: 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" [syn: cancel, call off, scratch, scrub]
- 5: remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line; "Please strike this remark from the record"; "scratch that remark" [syn: strike, scratch, expunge, excise]
- 6: gather (money or other resources) together over time; "She had scraped together enough money for college"; "they scratched a meager living" [syn: scrape, scrape up, scratch, come up]
- 7: 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" [syn: scratch, engrave, grave, inscribe]