Found 3 items, similar to itch.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: itch
gatal, nafsu, penyakit gatal, penyakit kudis
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: itch
itch
n 1: a contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite;
characterized by persistent itching and skin irritation;
“he has a bad case of the itch” [syn:
scabies]
2: a strong restless desire;
“why this urge to travel?” [syn:
urge]
3: an irritating cutaneous sensation that produces a desire to
scratch [syn:
itchiness,
itching]
v 1: scrape or rub as if to relieve itching;
“Don't scratch your
insect bites!” [syn:
rub,
scratch]
2: have or perceive an itch;
“I'm itching--the air is so dry!”
3: have a strong desire or urge to do something;
“She is
itching to start the project”;
“He is spoiling for a
fight” [syn:
spoil]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Itch
Itch
\Itch\ ([i^]ch), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Itched ([i^]cht); p.
pr. & vb. n.
Itching.] [OE. icchen, [yogh]icchen, AS.
giccan; akin to D. jeuken, joken, G. jucken, OHG. jucchen.]
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1. To have an uneasy sensation in the skin, which inclines
the person to scratch the part affected.
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My mouth hath itched all this long day. --Chaucer.
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2. To have a constant desire or teasing uneasiness; to long
for; as, itching ears.
“An itching palm.” --Shak.
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Itch
\Itch\, n.
1. (Med.) 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.
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2. Any itching eruption.
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3. A sensation in the skin occasioned (or resembling that
occasioned) by the itch eruption; -- called also
scabies,
psora, etc.
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4. A constant irritating desire.
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An itch of being thought a divine king. --Dryden.
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Baker's itch. See under
Baker.
Barber's itch, sycosis.
Bricklayer's itch, an eczema of the hands attended with
much itching, occurring among bricklayers.
Grocer's itch, an itching eruption, being a variety of
eczema, produced by the sugar mite (
Tyrogluphus sacchari
).
Itch insect (Zo["o]l.), a small parasitic mite (
Sarcoptes scabei
) which burrows and breeds beneath the human skin,
thus causing the disease known as the itch. See Illust. in
Append.
Itch mite. (Zo["o]l.) Same as
Itch insect, above. Also,
other similar mites affecting the lower animals, as the
horse and ox.
Sugar baker's itch, a variety of eczema, due to the action
of sugar upon the skin.
Washerwoman's itch, eczema of the hands and arms, occurring
among washerwomen.
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