1,000+ Rhymes For SCRATCHES

• a small contrasting part of something

• a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation

• a piece of cloth used as decoration or to mend or cover a hole

• a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition

• a short set of commands to correct a bug in a computer program

• a connection intended to be used for a limited time

• sewing that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment)

• a protective cloth covering for an injured eye

• a piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body

• to join or unite the pieces of

• provide with a patch; also used metaphorically

• mend by putting a patch on

• repair by adding pieces

• a specialist assigned to the staff of a diplomatic mission

• a shallow and rectangular briefcase

• lighter consisting of a thin piece of wood or cardboard tipped with combustible chemical; ignites with friction

• a formal contest in which two or more persons or teams compete

• a burning piece of wood or cardboard

• an exact duplicate

• the score needed to win a match

• a person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect

• a person who is of equal standing with another in a group

• a pair of people who live together

• something that resembles or harmonizes with

• be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics

• provide funds complementary to

• bring two objects, ideas, or people together

• be equal to in quality or ability

• make correspond or harmonize

• give or join in marriage

• set into opposition or rivalry

• be equal or harmonize

• make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching

• the production of young from an egg

• shading consisting of multiple crossing lines

• a sloping rear car door that is lifted to open

• a movable barrier covering a hatchway

• emerge from the eggs

• devise or invent

• inlay with narrow strips or lines of a different substance such as gold or silver, for the purpose of decorating

• draw, cut, or engrave lines, usually parallel, on metal, wood, or paper

• sit on (eggs)

• a small fragment

• obscene terms for female genitals

• (law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment

• a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted overhead in one rapid motion

• the act of catching an object with the hands

• to grasp hastily or eagerly

• to make grasping motions

• take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom

• an official report (usually sent in haste)

• the act of sending off something

• the property of being prompt and efficient

• killing a person or animal

• send away towards a designated goal

• complete or carry out

• kill intentionally and with premeditation

• dispose of rapidly and without delay and efficiently

• kill without delay

• German baroque organist and contrapuntist; composed mostly keyboard music; one of the greatest creators of western music (1685-1750)

• the music of Bach

• lead a bachelor's existence

• cause to become detached or separated; take off

• separate (a small unit) from a larger, especially for a special assignment

• come to be detached

• any competition

• a contest of speed

• people who are believed to belong to the same genetic stock

• (biology) a taxonomic group that is a division of a species; usually arises as a consequence of geographical isolation within a species

• the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller

• a canal for a current of water

• move hurridly

• compete in a race

• to work as fast as possible towards a goal, sometimes in competition with others

• cause to move fast or to rush or race

• a drawback or difficulty that is not readily evident

• the quantity that was caught

• a person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect

• anything that is caught (especially if it is worth catching)

• a break or check in the voice (usually a sign of strong emotion)

• a restraint that checks the motion of something

• a fastener that fastens or locks a door or window

• a cooperative game in which a ball is passed back and forth

• the act of catching an object with the hands

• the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)

• discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state

• perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily

• reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot

• take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of

• succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase

• to hook or entangle

• attract and fix

• capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping

• reach in time

• get or regain something necessary, usually quickly or briefly

• catch up with and possibly overtake

• be struck or affected by

• check oneself during an action

• hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers

• see or watch

• cause to become accidentally or suddenly caught, ensnared, or entangled

• detect a blunder or misstep

• grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of

• come down with

• start burning

• perceive by hearing

• suffer from the receipt of

• attract; cause to be enamored

• apprehend and reproduce accurately

• take in and retain

• spread or be communicated

• be the catcher

• become aware of

• delay or hold up; prevent from proceeding on schedule or as planned

• all the loaves of bread baked at the same time

• (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

• a collection of things or persons to be handled together

• batch together; assemble or process as a batch

• spring-loaded doorlock that can only be opened from the outside with a key

• catch for fastening a door or gate; a bar that can be lowered or slid into a groove

• fasten with a latch

• a large and unbroken expanse or distance

• the act of physically reaching or thrusting out

• a straightaway section of a racetrack

• exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent

• extension to or beyond the ordinary limit

• an unbroken period of time during which you do something

• the capacity for being stretched

• having an elongated seating area

• easily stretched

• occupy a large, elongated area

• extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body

• extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length

• become longer by being stretched and pulled

• make long or longer by pulling and stretching

• lie down comfortably

• pull in opposite directions

• extend the scope or meaning of; often unduly

• corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones

• increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance

• extend one's body or limbs

• (used in the plural) informal term for breeches

• an abundance of material possessions and resources

• hair resembling thatched roofing material

• an English pirate who operated in the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of North America (died in 1718)

• plant stalks used as roofing material

• a house roof made with a plant material (as straw)

• cover with thatch

• an appliance that corrects dental irregularities

• a roll of hair brushed back from the forehead

• the butt of a marijuana cigarette

• street names for flunitrazepam

• any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects; some are domestic pests

• European freshwater food fish having a greenish back

• comb (hair) into a roach

• cut the mane off (a horse)

• (Greek mythology) one of three sisters who were the givers of beauty and charm; a favorite subject for sculptors

• (Christian theology) a state of sanctification by God; the state of one who is under such divine influence

• elegance and beauty of movement or expression

• a sense of propriety and consideration for others

• a disposition to kindness and compassion

• a period of time past the deadline for fulfilling an obligation during which a penalty that would be imposed for being late is waived, especially an extended period granted as a special favor

• a short prayer of thanks before a meal

• (Christian theology) the free and unmerited favor or beneficence of God

• make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.

• be beautiful to look at

• (virology) ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts; many are pathogenic; a piece of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) wrapped in a thin coat of protein

• a harmful or corrupting agency

• a software program capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to files or other programs on the same computer

• a meeting of elected or appointed representatives

• the legislature of the United States government

• a national legislative assembly

• the social act of assembling for some common purpose

• a sample piece of cloth

• a small portable timepiece

• a period of time (4 or 2 hours) during which some of a ship's crew are on duty

• a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe

• the period during which someone (especially a guard) is on duty

• a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event

• the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival)

• look attentively

• follow with the eyes or the mind

• see or watch

• observe with attention

• be vigilant, be on the lookout or be careful

• observe or determine by looking

• find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort

• (plural) optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision

• before any deductions

• twelve dozen

• the entire amount of income before any deductions are made

• lacking fine distinctions or detail

• repellently fat

• visible to the naked eye (especially of rocks and anatomical features)

• without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers

• conspicuously and tastelessly indecent

• conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible

• earn before taxes, expenses, etc.

• flesh of any of various grouse of the family Tetraonidae; usually roasted; flesh too dry to broil

• popular game bird having a plump body and feathered legs and feet

• hunt grouse

• complain

• An odd, puzzling or absurd person or thing.

• A competition in the answering of questions.

• A school examination of less importance, or of greater brevity, than others given in the same course.

• To hoax; to chaff or mock with pretended seriousness of discourse; to make sport of, as by obscure questions.

• To peer at; to eye suspiciously or mockingly.

• To question closely, to interrogate.

• To instruct by means of a quiz.

• To play with a quiz.

• An informal social gathering, especially one held over coffee for the purpose of conversation.

• a bad or unsuitable match

• match badly; match two objects or people that do not go together

• a timepiece that can be started or stopped for exact timing (as of a race)

• a watch that is worn strapped to the wrist

• advance beyond the usual limit

• impinge or infringe upon

• German writer of novels and poetry and plays (born 1927)

• narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay

• a police informer who implicates many people

• bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle

• street names for marijuana

• shoot down, of birds

• cover with grass

• spread out clothes on the grass to let it dry and bleach

• feed with grass

• give away information about somebody

• plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals

• muscular diaphragm that controls the size of the pupil which in turn controls the amount of light that enters the eye; it forms the colored portion of the eye

• diaphragm consisting of thin overlapping plates that can be adjusted to change the diameter of a central opening

• the limits within which something can be effective

• an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:

• the act of physically reaching or thrusting out

• the limit of capability

• reach a destination, either real or abstract

• reach a point in time, or a certain state or level

• move forward or upward in order to touch; also in a metaphorical sense

• be in or establish communication with

• to gain with effort

• to extend as far as

• reach a goal

• place into the hands or custody of

• to exert much effort or energy

• a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry

• sharp piercing cry

• make a high-pitched, screeching noise

• utter a harsh abrupt scream

• either of two large northern marine mammals having ivory tusks and tough hide over thick blubber

• Remove from a latch

• United States labor leader who organized the longshoremen (1901-1990)

• the common people generally

• ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation

• the act of drawing spatially closer to something

• a way of entering or leaving

• the final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing

• the event of one object coming closer to another

• a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others

• the temporal property of becoming nearer in time

• a close approximation

• a relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto the putting green

• move towards

• come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character

• begin to deal with

• come near in time

• make advances to someone, usually with a proposal or suggestion

• an alloy of copper and zinc

• a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) that is blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece

• the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something

• impudent aggressiveness

• an ornament or utensil made of brass

• the section of a band or orchestra that plays brass instruments

• a memorial made of brass

• a failure to perform some promised act or obligation

• an opening (especially a gap in a dike or fortification)

• a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)

• act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises

• make an opening or gap in

• a decorative pin worn by women

• bring up a topic for discussion

• an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration

• injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of

• hurt the feelings of

• break up into small pieces for food preparation

• damage (plant tissue) by abrasion or pressure

• a change downward

• a process of becoming smaller or shorter

• the amount by which something decreases

• the act of decreasing or reducing something

• decrease in size, extent, or range

• make become smaller

• a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice

• clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion

• clothing in general

• suitable for formal occasions

• (of an occasion) requiring formal clothes

• put on clothes

• provide with clothes or put clothes on

• put a finish on

• dress in a certain manner

• dress or groom with elaborate care

• kill and prepare for market or consumption

• arrange in ranks

• decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods

• provide with decoration

• put a dressing on

• cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of

• cut down rough-hewn (lumber) to standard thickness and width

• convert into leather

• apply a bandage or medication to

• give a neat appearance to

• arrange attractively

• make better or improve in quality

• make wealthy or richer

• a person who refuses to face reality or recognize the truth (a reference to the popular notion that the ostrich hides from danger by burying its head in the sand)

• fast-running African flightless bird with two-toed feet; largest living bird