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View synonyms for scraping

scraping

[ skrey-ping ]

noun

  1. the act of a person or thing that scrapes.
  2. the sound of something being scraped.
  3. Usually scrapings. something that is scraped off, up, or together.
  4. Digital Technology. the process of extracting data from a digital source for automated replication, formatting, or manipulation by a computer program, as in data mining or website data analysis: web scraping;

    screen scraping;

    web scraping;

    URL scraping.



scraping

/ ˈskreɪpɪŋ /

noun

  1. the act of scraping
  2. a sound produced by scraping
  3. often plural something scraped off, together, or up; a small amount


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Other Words From

  • scraping·ly adverb
  • non·scraping adjective
  • un·scraping adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of scraping1

A late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; scrape, -ing 1

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