itch
v.
feel a need to scratch; cause an itchy feeling, cause the need to scratch; have a restless longing or desire; scratch (Informal)
n.
itchy feeling, scratchy sensation; desire, longing
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itch
Noun
1. a contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite; characterized by persistent itching and skin irritation; "he has a bad case of the itch"
(synonym) scabies
(hypernym) infection
2. a strong restless desire; "why this urge to travel?"
(synonym) urge
(hypernym) desire
(derivation) spoil
3. an irritating cutaneous sensation that produces a desire to scratch
(synonym) itchiness, itching
(hypernym) cutaneous sensation, haptic sensation, skin sensation
(hyponym) pruritus
Verb
1. scrape or rub as if to relieve itching; "Don't scratch your insect bites!"
(synonym) rub, scratch
(hypernym) irritate
(derivation) itchiness, itching
2. have or perceive an itch; "I'm itching--the air is so dry!"
(hypernym) ache, smart, hurt
(hyponym) tickle, titillate, vellicate
(derivation) scabies
3. have a strong desire or urge to do something; "She is itching to start the project"; "He is spoiling for a fight"
(synonym) spoil
(hypernym) desire, want
(derivation) urge
Itch
(v. i.)
To have an uneasy sensation in the skin, which inclines the person to scratch the part affected.
(v. i.)
To have a constant desire or teasing uneasiness; to long for; as, itching ears.
(n.)
Any itching eruption.
(n.)
An eruption of small, isolated, acuminated vesicles, produced by the entrance of a parasitic mite (the Sarcoptes scabei), and attended with itching. It is transmissible by contact.
(n.)
A sensation in the skin occasioned (or resembling that occasioned) by the itch eruption; -- called also scabies, psora, etc.
(n.)
A constant irritating desire.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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