SCRATCH UP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does scratch up mean? 

• SCRATCH UP (verb)
  The verb SCRATCH UP has 1 sense:

1. cut the surface of; wear away the surface of

  Familiarity information: SCRATCH UP used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCRATCH UP (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cut the surface of; wear away the surface of

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

scrape; scratch; scratch up

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

 Context examples 

Brooke will scratch up a fortune somehow, carry her off, and make a hole in the family, and I shall break my heart, and everything will be abominably uncomfortable.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)