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Scrape Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Scrape?
[n] an indication of damage
[n] a deep bow with the foot drawn backwards (indicating excessive humility); "all that bowing and scraping did not impress him" [n] a harsh noise made by scraping; "the scrape of violin bows distracted her" [n] an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off [v] strike against an object, as of one's toe or foot [v] scratch repeatedly; "The cat scraped at the armchair" [v] cut the surface of; wear away the surface of [v] bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of; "The boy skinned his knee when he fell" [v] gather together over time; as of money or other resources; "She had scraped together enough money for college" [v] make by scraping; "They scraped a letter into the stone" [v] bend the knees and bow in a servile manner Synonyms | Synonyms for Scrape: abrade | abrasion | come up | excoriation | genuflect | grate | kowtow | mark | scar | scrape up | scraping | scraping | scratch | scratch | scratch | scratch | scratch up | scratching | skin | skin | stub Related Terms | Find terms related to Scrape: See Also | accumulate | amass | blemish | bow | bow | bowing | claw | collect | compile | create | cut out | defect | graze | hoard | incise | injure | injure | lesion | make | noise | obeisance | paw | pile up | rope burn | rub | scratch out | scuff | wound | wound | wound Scrape In Webster's Dictionary \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.
\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. \Scrape\, n. 1. The act of scraping; also, the effect of scraping, as a scratch, or a harsh sound; as, a noisy scrape on the floor; a scrape of a pen. 2. A drawing back of the right foot when bowing; also, a bow made with that accompaniment. --H. Spencer. 3. A disagreeable and embarrassing predicament out of which one can not get without undergoing, as it were, a painful rubbing or scraping; a perplexity; a difficulty. The too eager pursuit of this his old enemy through thick and thin has led him into many of these scrapes. --Bp. Warburton. |
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