Definition Of Scrape
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Middle English scrapen from Old Norse skrapa sker-1 in Indo-European roots
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American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition From Middle English scrapen, from Old Norse skrapa (“to scrape, scratch”) and Old English scrapian (“to scrape, scratch”), both from Proto-Germanic *skrapÅnÄ…, *skrepanÄ… (“to scrape, scratch”), from Proto-Indo-European *skreb-, *skrep- (“to engrave”). Cognate with Dutch schrapen (“to scrape”), German schrappen (“to scrape”), Danish skrabe (“to scrape”), Icelandic skrapa (“to scrape”), Walloon screper (“to scrape”), Latin scribÅ (“dig with a pen, draw, write”).
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Scrape definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
(skreɪp)
Word forms: scrapes, scraping, scraped1. transitive verb
If you scrape something from a surface, you remove it, especially by pulling a sharp object over
the surface.
She went around the car scraping the frost off the windows.
2. transitive verb/intransitive verb
If something scrapes against something else, it rubs against it, making a noise or causing slight damage.
The only sound is that of knives and forks scraping against china.
The car hurtled past us, scraping the wall and screeching to a halt.
3. transitive verb
If you scrape a part of your body, you accidentally rub it against something hard and rough, and
damage it slightly.
She stumbled and fell, scraping her palms and knees.
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scrape in American English
verb transitiveWord forms: scraped or ˈscraping1. to rub over the surface of with something rough or sharp
2. to make smooth or clean by rubbing with a tool or abrasive
3. to remove by rubbing with something sharp or rough with off, out, etc.
4.
to fall and scrape one’s knee
5. to rub with a harsh, grating sound
chalk scraping a blackboard
7.
to scrape together some money
verb intransitive8. to scrape something so as to remove dirt, etc.
9. to rub against something harshly; grate
10. to give out a harsh, grating noise
11. to collect or gather goods or money slowly and with difficulty
12. with through, along, by
13. to draw the foot back along the ground in bowing
noun
15. a scraped place; abrasion or scratch
16. the noise of scraping; harsh, grating sound
17. a disagreeable or embarrassing situation; predicament, esp. when caused by one’s own conduct
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Derived forms scraper (ˈscraper)noun
Word originME scrapen < ON skrapa, akin to Du schrapen, OE screpan, to scratch < IE base *(s)ker-, to cut > scurf, sharp
scrape in British English
verb
2. (tr; often foll by away or off)
4. (transitive)
to scrape one’s knee
7. (transitive)to finish (a surface) by use of a scraper
9. (transitive) computing
13. a harsh or grating sound
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Derived formsscrapable (ˈscrapable)adjective
Word originOld English scrapian; related to Old Norse skrapa, Middle Dutch schrapen, Middle High German schraffen
Examples of ‘scrape’ in a sentence
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I could easily scrape through to the base metal with my fingernail.
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scrape | scrap |
As verbs the difference between scrape and scrap is that scrape is to draw an object, especially a sharp or angular one, along (something) while exerting pressure while scrap is to discard or scrap can be to fight. As nouns the difference between scrape and scrap is that scrape is a broad, shallow injury left by scraping (rather than a cut or a scratch) while scrap is a (small) piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion or scrap can be a fight, tussle, skirmish.
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Verb
To draw an object, especially a sharp or angular one, along (something) while exerting pressure.
Her fingernails scraped across the blackboard, making a shrill sound.
Scrape the chewing gum off with a knife.
To injure or damage by rubbing across a surface.
She tripped on a rock and scraped her knee.
To barely manage to achieve.
I scraped a pass in the exam.
To collect or gather, especially without regard to the quality of what is chosen.
Just use whatever you can scrape together.
(computing) To extract data by automated means from a format not intended to be machine-readable, such as a screenshot or a formatted web page.
To occupy oneself with getting laboriously.
He scraped and saved until he became rich.
* Shakespeare
[Spend] their scraping fathers’ gold.
To play awkwardly and inharmoniously on a violin or similar instrument.
To draw back the right foot along the ground or floor when making a bow.
To express disapprobation of (a play, etc. ) or to silence (a speaker) by drawing the feet back and forth upon the floor; usually with down.
(Macaulay)
Synonyms
* (draw an object along while exerting pressure) grate, scratch, drag
* (injure by scraping) abrade, chafe, graze
Derived terms
* bow and scrape
* scrape by
* scrape off
* scrape past
* scrape through
* scraper
Noun
(en noun)
A broad, shallow injury left by scraping (rather than a cut or a scratch).
He fell on the sidewalk and got a scrape on his knee.
A fight, especially a fistfight without weapons.
He got in a scrape with the school bully.
An awkward set of circumstances.
I’m in a bit of a scrape — I’ve no money to buy my wife a birthday present.
(British, slang) A D and C or abortion; or, a miscarriage.
* 1972, in U. S. Senate Subcommittee to Investigate the Administration of the Internal Security Act and Other Internal Security Laws, Abuse of psychiatry for political repression in the Soviet Union. Hearing, Ninety-second Congress, second session, United States Government Printing Office, page 127,
It’s quite possible, in view of the diagnosis ‘danger of miscarriage’, that they might drag me off, give me a scrape and then say that the miscarriage began itself.
* 1980, John Cobb, Babyshock: A Mother’s First Five Years, Hutchinson, page 232,
In expert hands abortion nowadays is almost the same as having a scrape (D & C) and due to improved techniques such as suction termination, and improved lighter anaesthetic, most women feel no worse than having a tooth out.
* 1985, Beverley Raphael, The Anatomy of Bereavement: a handbook for the caring professions, Routledge, ISBN 0415094542, page 236,
The loss is significant to the woman and will be stated as such by her. For her it is not “nothing, ” “just a scrape, ” or “not a life. ” It is the beginning of a baby. Years later, she may recall it not just as a miscarriage but also as a baby that was lost.
* 1999, David Jenkins, Listening to Gynaecological Patients\ Problems, Springer, ISBN 1852331097, page 16,
you had a scrape or curettage recently?
A shallow depression used by ground birds as a nest; a nest scrape.
* 1948, in Behaviour: An International Journal of Comparative Ethology, E. J. Brill, page 103,
We knew from U. Weidmann’s work (1956) that Black-headed Gulls could be prevented from laying by offering them eggs on the empty scrape veil before […]
* 2000, Charles A. Taylor, The Kingfisher Science Encyclopedia, Kingfisher Publications, ISBN 0753452693, page 85,
The plover lays its eggs in a scrape’ on the ground. ¶ […] ¶ Birds’ nests can be little more than a ‘ scrape in the ground or a delicate structure of plant material, mud, and saliva.
* 2006, Les Beletsky, Birds of the World, Johns Hopkins University Press, ISBN 0801884292, page 95,
Turkey females place their eggs in a shallow scrape in a hidden spot on the ground. Young are born ready to leave the nest and feed themselves (eating insects for their first few weeks).
* (injury): abrasion, graze
* (fight): altercation, brawl, fistfight, fight, fisticuffs, punch-up, scuffle
* (awkward set of circumstances): bind, fix, mess, pickle
* See also
Quotations
* 2001, Carolyn Cooke, The Bostons, Houghton Mifflin Books, ISBN 0618017682, page 172–173,
*: He could hear deer moo in the woods, smell their musk, spot a scrape in a birch tree twenty feet away.
* 2005, Dragan Vujic, Hunting Farm Country Whitetails, iUniverse, ISBN 0595359841, page 58,
*: Female whitetails periodically investigate scrapes’ created by specific bucks. As the doe approaches estrus and becomes receptive to breeding, she will urinate in a ‘ scrape as a sharp signal to the buck that she is ready for him.
* bread and scrape
Etymology 1
(etyl) scrappe, from (etyl) skrap, from
A (small) piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.
* De Quincey
I have no materials — not a scrap.
I found a scrap of cloth to patch the hole.
(usually, in the plural) Leftover food.
Give the scraps to the dogs and watch them fight.
Discarded material (especially metal), junk.
That car isn’t good for anything but scrap.
(ethnic slur, offensive) A Hispanic criminal, especially a Mexican or one affiliated to the Norte gang.
The crisp substance that remains after drying out animal fat.
pork scraps
* scrap paper
* scrapbook
* scrapheap
* scrappy
* scrapyard
(scrapp)
To discard.
(of a project or plan) To stop working on indefinitely.
To scrapbook; to create scrapbooks.
To dispose of at a scrapyard.
To make into scrap.
Etymology 2
A fight, tussle, skirmish.
We got in a little scrap over who should pay the bill.
Frequently Asked Questions about definition of scrape
What does the slang term scrape mean?
I’m in a bit of a scrape “” I’ve no money to buy my wife a birthday present. noun. (UK, slang) A D and C or abortion; or, a miscarriage. noun. A shallow depression used by ground birds as a nest; a nest scrape.
What is a scrape in England?
scrape in British English (skreɪp ) verb. to move (a rough or sharp object) across (a surface), esp to smooth or clean. 2. ( tr; often foll by away or off)
What is the difference between scrap and scrape?
As verbs the difference between scrape and scrap is that scrape is to draw an object, especially a sharp or angular one, along (something) while exerting pressure while scrap is to discard or scrap can be to fight.
