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# itch

«itch» in Mova's school dictionary: **a feeling on your skin that makes you want to scratch it** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (an itch, itches); verb (itch, itches, itched, itching)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An itch is a feeling on your skin that makes you want to scratch it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/itch/#m1)

2) To itch means your skin has that feeling, or that something makes your skin feel like that, like a woolly jumper. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/itch/#m2)

3) An itch to do something, or itching to do it, means you really want to do it soon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/itch/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Everyday and health: insect bites, chickenpox, nettles, dry skin, nits (head lice) and some plants make you itch; scratching can break the skin and let germs in, so cream, a cool cloth or not scratching is better. In stories «itching to» shows impatience. Phrases: «scratch an itch», «itching to go», «an itchy jumper», «itchy feet» (wanting to travel).

### examples

- The mosquito bite started to itch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/itch/#x1)
- Try not to scratch that itch or it will bleed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/itch/#x2)
- This wool jumper makes my neck itch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/itch/#x3)
- I had an itch on my back I could not reach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/itch/#x4)
- Chickenpox spots itch a lot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/itch/#x5)
- The children were itching to go outside and play in the snow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/itch/#x6)
- Nettles made my legs itch for an hour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/itch/#x7)
- Dad has itchy feet and wants to travel again. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/itch/#x8)
- Hook itched to do it, but it seemed too brutal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/itch/#x9)

### note

Adjective: «itchy». Do not confuse «itch» with «scratch»: the itch is the feeling, the scratch is what you do with your nails. «Itches» is both the plural noun and the verb with he/she/it: «My arm itches». Constant itching of the head can mean nits; tell an adult.

### In the corpora

- [Elephants sometimes use tools, such as a stick to scratch an itch or a leafy branch to swat flies.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/21-elephants-the-trunk/16/)
- [Donkeys love to roll in dust, which scratches itches, cleans the coat and keeps off flies.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/145-shrek-s-donkey-real-donkeys-and-mules/13/)
- [A mosquito had dinner while you slept, and the itch is your body reacting to its spit.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/399-bites-stings-and-scratches-mosquitoes-wasps-ticks-dog-bites-and-cat-scratches/1/)
- [Tiny hairs on stinging nettle leaves inject a liquid that stings and itches, so keep away and wear long trousers on overgrown paths.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/237-plants-that-sting-and-poison/10/)
- [Cover your arms and legs and use repellent in the evening, because mosquito bites itch and in some places carry diseases.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/238-bites-and-things-you-find/10/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «itch» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/itch/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.