Topic: COLOURS AND SOUNDS
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scratch2
1 a small cut on someone's skin : 
She was unharmed apart from a few cuts and scratches.
cut
[countable]
She was unharmed apart from a few cuts and scratches.2 a thin mark or cut on the surface of something : There was a big scratch on the car door.
mark
[countable]MIThere was a big scratch on the car door.3 if you start something from scratch, you begin it without using anything that existed or was prepared before :
from scratch
4 good enough for a particular standard : Some of this work isn't up to scratch.
up to scratch
British English informalSome of this work isn't up to scratch.5HBH when you rub part of your body with your nails because it feels uncomfortable :
rub
[singular] especially British English6 a sound made by something sharp or rough being rubbed on a hard surface : I heard the scratch of a match lighting a cigarette.
sound
[countable]CI heard the scratch of a match lighting a cigarette.