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Definitions of 'itch' Wordnet 

1. (noun) scabies, itch
a contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite; characterized by persistent itching and skin irritation
"he has a bad case of the itch"

2. (noun) urge, itch
a strong restless desire
"why this urge to travel?"

3. (verb) itch, itchiness, itching
an irritating cutaneous sensation that produces a desire to scratch

4. (verb) rub, scratch, itch
scrape or rub as if to relieve itching
"Don't scratch your insect bites!"

5. (verb) itch
have or perceive an itch
"I'm itching--the air is so dry!"

6. (verb) itch
cause to perceive an itch
"his skin itched"

7. (verb) itch, spoil
have a strong desire or urge to do something
"She is itching to start the project"; "He is spoiling for a fight"


Definitions of 'itch' Webster 1913 Dictionary 

1. (noun) itch
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

2. (noun) itch
any itching eruption

3. (noun) itch
a sensation in the skin occasioned (or resembling that occasioned) by the itch eruption; -- called also scabies, psora, etc

4. (noun) itch
a constant irritating desire

5. (verb) itch
to have an uneasy sensation in the skin, which inclines the person to scratch the part affected

6. (verb) itch
to have a constant desire or teasing uneasiness; to long for; as, itching ears


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