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scrape

[skreyp] Pronunciation Key verb, scraped, scrap·ing, noun

–verb (used with object)

1.	to deprive of or free from an outer layer, adhering matter, etc., or to smooth by drawing or rubbing something, esp. a sharp or rough instrument, over the surface: to scrape a table to remove paint and varnish.

2.	to remove (an outer layer, adhering matter, etc.) in this way: to scrape the paint and varnish from a table.

3.	to scratch, injure, or mar the surface of in this way: to scrape one's arm on a rough wall.

4.	to produce by scraping: He scraped his initials on the rock.

5.	to collect or do by or as if by scraping; do or gather laboriously or with difficulty (usually fol. by up or together): They managed to scrape together a football team.

6.	to rub harshly on or across (something): Don't scrape the floor with your boots!

7.	to draw or rub (a thing) roughly across something: Scrape your shoes on the doormat before you come in.

8.	to level (an unpaved road) with a grader.

–verb (used without object)

9.	to scrape something.

10.	to rub against something gratingly.

11.	to produce a grating and unmusical tone from a string instrument.

12.	to draw one's foot back noisily along the ground in making a bow.

13.	to manage or get by with difficulty or with only the barest margin: I barely scraped through on the test.

14.	to economize or save by attention to even the slightest amounts: By careful scraping they managed to survive.

–noun

15.	an act or instance of scraping.

16.	a drawing back of the foot noisily along the ground in making a bow.

17.	a harsh, shrill, or scratching sound made by scraping.

18.	a scraped place: a scrape on one's elbow.

19.	an embarrassing or distressing situation; predicament: He is always in some kind of a scrape.

20.	a difference of opinion, fight, or quarrel; scrap.

[Origin: bef. 1000; (v.) ME scrapen < ON skrapa; r. ME shrapen, OE scrapian to scratch (c. ON skrapa); (n.) late ME: scraper, deriv. of the v.

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—Related forms

scrap·a·ble, adjective

scrapeage, noun

—Synonyms 14. scrimp, stint, pinch.

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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

scrape   (skrāp) Pronunciation Key
v.   scraped, scrap·ing, scrapes

v.   tr.

To remove (an outer layer, for example) from a surface by forceful strokes of an edged or rough instrument: scraped the wallpaper off before painting the wall.
To abrade or smooth by rubbing with a sharp or rough instrument.
To rub (a surface) with considerable pressure, as with an edged instrument or a hard object.
To draw (a hard or abrasive object) forcefully over a surface: scraped my fingernails down the blackboard.
To injure the surface of by rubbing against something rough or sharp: scraped my knee on the sidewalk.
To amass or produce with difficulty: scrape together some cash.

v. intr.

To come into sliding, abrasive contact.
To rub or move with a harsh grating noise.
To give forth a harsh grating noise.
To economize or save money by paying attention to very small amounts; scrimp.
To succeed or manage with difficulty: scraped through by a narrow margin.

1. The act of scraping.
2. The sound of scraping.
3. An embarrassing predicament.
4. A fight; a scuffle.
An abrasion on the skin.
1. An embarrassing predicament.
2. A fight; a scuffle.

[Middle English scrapen, from Old Norse skrapa; see sker-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
scrape

c.1303, probably from O.N. skrapa "to scrape, erase," from P.Gmc. *skrapojan (cf. O.E. scrapian "to scrape," Du. schrapen, Ger. schrappen). The noun is attested from c.1440. Meaning "embarrassing or awkward predicament" is recorded from 1709, as OED suggests, "probably from the notion of being 'scraped' in going through a narrow passage." To scrape the bottom of the barrel in figurative sense is from 1942.

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WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This

scrape
noun
1.	a harsh noise made by scraping; "the scrape of violin bows distracted her"
2.	an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off [syn: abrasion]
3.	a deep bow with the foot drawn backwards (indicating excessive humility); "all that bowing and scraping did not impress him"
4.	an indication of damage [syn: scratch]
verb
1.	scratch repeatedly; "The cat scraped at the armchair"
2.	make by scraping; "They scraped a letter into the stone"
3.	cut the surface of; wear away the surface of [syn: scratch]
4.	bend the knees and bow in a servile manner
5.	gather (money or other resources) together over time; "She had scraped together enough money for college"; "they scratched a meager living"
6.	bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of; "The boy skinned his knee when he fell" [syn: skin]

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Scrape

Scrap\ (skr[a^]p), n. [OE. scrappe, fr. Icel. skrap trifle, cracking. See Scrape, v. t.]

1. Something scraped off; hence, a small piece; a bit; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.

I have no materials -- not a scrap. --De Quincey.

2. Specifically, a fragment of something written or printed; a brief excerpt; an unconnected extract.

3. pl. The crisp substance that remains after drying out animal fat; as, pork scraps.

4. pl. Same as Scrap iron, below.

Scrap forgings, forgings made from wrought iron scrap.

Scrap iron. (a) Cuttings and waste pieces of wrought iron from which bar iron or forgings can be made; -- called also wrought-iron scrap. (b) Fragments of cast iron or defective castings suitable for remelting in the foundry; -- called also foundry scrap, or cast scrap.

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Scrape

Scrape\ (skr[=a]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scraped; p. pr. & vb. n. Scraping.] [Icel. skrapa; akin to Sw. skrapa, Dan. skrabe, D. schrapen, schrabben, G. schrappen, and prob. to E. sharp.]

1. To rub over the surface of (something) with a sharp or rough instrument; to rub over with something that roughens by removing portions of the surface; to grate harshly over; to abrade; to make even, or bring to a required condition or form, by moving the sharp edge of an instrument breadthwise over the surface with pressure, cutting away excesses and superfluous parts; to make smooth or clean; as, to scrape a bone with a knife; to scrape a metal plate to an even surface.

2. To remove by rubbing or scraping (in the sense above).

I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock. --Ezek. xxvi. 4.

3. To collect by, or as by, a process of scraping; to gather in small portions by laborious effort; hence, to acquire avariciously and save penuriously; -- often followed by together or up; as, to scrape money together.

The prelatical party complained that, to swell a number the nonconformists did not choose, but scrape, subscribers. --Fuller.

4. To express disapprobation of, as a play, or to silence, as a speaker, by drawing the feet back and forth upon the floor; -- usually with down. --Macaulay.

To scrape acquaintance, to seek acquaintance otherwise than by an introduction. --Farquhar.

He tried to scrape acquaintance with her, but failed ignominiously. --G. W. Cable.

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Scrape

Scrape\, v. i. 1. To rub over the surface of anything with something which roughens or removes it, or which smooths or cleans it; to rub harshly and noisily along.

2. To occupy one's self with getting laboriously; as, he scraped and saved until he became rich. "[Spend] their scraping fathers' gold." --Shak.

3. To play awkwardly and inharmoniously on a violin or like instrument.

4. To draw back the right foot along the ground or floor when making a bow.

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