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rescratch

rescratch verb: to scratch again.

Verb

rescratch (third-person singular simple present rescratches, present participle rescratching, simple past and past participle rescratched)

  1. (transitive) To scratch again.

Forms of rescratch

third-person singular presentrescratches
present participlerescratching
past participlerescratched
pastrescratched

Origin of rescratch

From re- + scratch.

Questions about rescratch

What does rescratch mean?
Rescratch means to scratch again.
What part of speech is rescratch?
Rescratch is a verb.
What is the past tense of rescratch?
The past tense of rescratch is rescratched.

Words near rescratch in the dictionary

  1. rescrambling
  2. rescrape
  3. rescraped
  4. rescrapes
  5. rescraping
  6. rescratch
  7. rescratched
  8. rescratches
  9. rescratching
  10. rescream
  11. rescreamed

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