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# itchy

«itchy» in Mova's school dictionary: **you have a feeling on your skin that makes you want to…** — 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

adjective (itchy, itchier, itchiest)

### meaning for a pupil

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

2) Itchy can describe something that makes your skin itch: an itchy jumper. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/itchy/#m2)

3) «Itchy feet» means wanting to travel or move on. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/itchy/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In health lessons: mosquito bites, nettle stings, chickenpox, head lice and dry skin can make you itchy; scratching too much can break the skin and let germs in; tell an adult if you get a rash. Phrases: itchy rash, itchy eyes, itchy feet.

### examples

- The mosquito bite is really itchy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/itchy/#x1)
- This wool jumper is itchy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/itchy/#x2)
- My eyes are itchy because of hay fever. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/itchy/#x3)
- Try not to scratch your itchy spots. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/itchy/#x4)
- Chickenpox makes you very itchy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/itchy/#x5)
- His head was itchy, so he had head lice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/itchy/#x6)
- The label on my shirt is itchy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/itchy/#x7)
- After a year at home, she had itchy feet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/itchy/#x8)

### note

Comparative: itchier, itchiest. Verb: itch (my arm itches). Noun: an itch. Scratching an itch does not make it go away and can make it worse.

### In the corpora

- [Most American tarantulas flick itchy barbed hairs at enemies, and female tarantulas can live 20 to 30 years.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/38-spiders-scorpions-and-eight-legged-creatures/12/)
- [Tarantulas are mostly gentle; their bite is usually no worse than a bee sting, and some flick itchy hairs to defend themselves.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/148-spider-man-real-spider-senses-climbing-and-bites/11/)
- [A summer night, an open window, and in the morning your arm is covered in itchy red bumps.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/399-bites-stings-and-scratches-mosquitoes-wasps-ticks-dog-bites-and-cat-scratches/0/)
- [Many people are allergic to proteins in pet skin flakes and saliva, which cause sneezing and itchy eyes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/67-allergies-horses-and-farm-animals/9/)
- [Red, sticky, itchy eyes may be conjunctivitis, which spreads easily, so you tell a parent and do not share towels.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/78-eyes-nose-and-the-toilet/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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