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scratching up

scratching up is the present participle and gerund of scratch up.

Meaning of scratch up

Verb

scratch up (third-person singular simple present scratches up, present participle scratching up, simple past and past participle scratched up)

  1. (transitive) To scratch the surface of (something) thoroughly.

Questions about scratching up

What is scratching up the present participle and gerund of?
Scratching up is the present participle and gerund of scratch up.

Words near scratching up in the dictionary

  1. scratching post
  2. scratching posts
  3. scratching that
  4. scratching the surface
  5. scratching together
  6. scratching up
  7. scratchingly
  8. scratchings
  9. scratchiti
  10. scratchitti
  11. scratchless

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