Example sentence - We found a deep scratch on the desktop.
The verb in the sentence is scratch.Verbs are actions or "doing" words. To scratch something is an action.
My cat scratch me badly
It is entirely natural to scratch an itch. This DVD has a scratch in it.
I got through the blockade with nary a scratch.
It's merely (only) a scratch.
i bent over to scratch my leg
Although the nasty brutes ambushed us we got away without a scratch
LOLWUT? That sentence makes no sense at all we don't scratch all the time because were normal mammals...
Clusters of people in the audience all sat in to watch the chef match his famous recipe from scratch.
The process of making bread from scratch can be quite simple, requiring only a few basic ingredients.
Sometime when you have an itch, you just have to give it a good scratch My Grandma was very upset when she found the kids toys had left a nasty scratch on her polished wooden floor. I love my little cat, we play all the time, however his claws are so sharp he can scratch me very easily.
It means scratching. ( as in the sentence, when we feel itchy we may 'scratch' there)