Itch

[ɪtʃ]

Definition

(noun.) an irritating cutaneous sensation that produces a desire to scratch.

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

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

(verb.) cause to perceive an itch; 'his skin itched'.

Typed by Jaime--From WordNet

Definition

(v. i.) To have an uneasy sensation in the skin, which inclines the person to scratch the part affected.

(v. i.) To have a constant desire or teasing uneasiness; to long for; as, itching ears.

(n.) 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.

(n.) Any itching eruption.

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

(n.) A constant irritating desire.

Inputed by Gustav

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Itching.[2]. (Med.) Psora.

v. n. Feel an itching.

Inputed by Artie

Definition

n. an uneasy irritating sensation in the skin: an eruptive disease in the skin caused by a parasitic animal: a constant teasing desire.—v.i. to have an uneasy irritating sensation in the skin: to have a constant teasing desire.—ns. Itch′iness; Itch′-mite a mite which burrows in the skin causing itch or scabies.—adj. Itch′y pertaining to or affected with itch.—Itching palm a greed for gain.

Editor: Lora