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Meanings of itch in English

Russian
кожный зуд
Portuguese
coçar
Spanish
picor
Catalan
gratera
Wikidata

Sensation that causes the desire or reflex to scratch.

        кожный зуд
        Catalan
        refregar-se
        Spanish
        picar

        Scrape or rub as if to relieve itching.

              refregar-se
              Portuguese
              sarna
              Catalan
              sarna
              Spanish
              sarna

              A contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite; characterized by persistent itching and skin irritation.

                    sarna
                    Portuguese
                    comichão

                    A strong restless desire.

                          comichão
                          Usage of itch in English
                          1
                          Each of these pieces of open source technology scratches a different itch.
                          Wired
                          2
                          The palm of her hand started to itch, or so she said.
                          The warmth of other suns: the epic story of america's great migr...
                          3
                          Webmonkey: Many successful web applications start with developers scratching their own itch.
                          Wired
                          4
                          My body was filled with restlessness; my left forearm began to itch.
                          Seraphina
                          5
                          This left an itch unscratched when larger gatherings wanted to role play.
                          Wired
                          6
                          An itch that needed a lot of scratching, sure, but...just an itch.
                          Fat vampire: a never coming of age story
                          7
                          If Prax thought about it too long, it made his palm itch.
                          Caliban's War
                          8
                          The thought of getting into the water was like an infectious itch.
                          Woken furies
                          9
                          I also had an itch to travel which needed to be scratched.
                          The Irish Times
                          10
                          I reckon she'd rubbed a hand there to deal with an itch.
                          Savage
                          11
                          Sure, when I get the itch bad enough I'll go without fighting.
                          East of eden
                          12
                          The feeling was like a vague itch that I couldn't quite scratch.
                          Grave Secrets
                          13
                          And I wanted that itch myself, the wonder at what's up there.
                          Climbing Magazine
                          14
                          You hunch down on top of the fence and itch inside you.
                          Triumph of the Egg, and Other Stories
                          15
                          Tells about a visit to the village barberan Arab with the itch.
                          The new yorker
                          16
                          It definitely gave me the itch to want to do it again.
                          News.com.au
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                          Translations for itch
                          Itch through the time
                          Itch across language varieties
                          United States of America
                          Common
                          Ireland
                          Common
                          United Kingdom
                          Common