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verb, scraped, scrap⋅ing, noun | 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
