What is the meaning of scratching?

noun

• A harsh noise made by scraping.
  • usage: "the scrape of violin bows distracted her"
  • synonyms: scrape, scraping, scratch

verb

• Cause friction.
  • usage: "my sweater scratches"
  • synonyms: rub, fray, fret, chafe, scratch
• Cut the surface of; wear away the surface of.
  • synonyms: scratch, scrape, scratch up
• Scrape or rub as if to relieve itching.
  • usage: "Don't scratch your insect bites"
  • synonyms: rub, scratch, itch
• Postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled.
  • usage: "Call off the engagement"; "cancel the dinner party"; "we had to scrub our vacation plans"; "scratch that meeting-the chair is ill"
  • synonyms: cancel, call off, scratch, scrub
• Remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line.
  • usage: "Please strike this remark from the record"; "scratch that remark"
  • synonyms: strike, scratch, expunge, excise
• Gather (money or other resources) together over time.
  • usage: "She had scraped together enough money for college"; "they scratched a meager living"
  • synonyms: scrape, scrape up, scratch, come up
• Carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface.
  • usage: "engrave a pen"; "engraved the trophy cupt with the winner's"; "the lovers scratched their names into the bark of the tree"
  • synonyms: scratch, engrave, grave, inscribe