SCRAPE

scrape

Noun

  1. 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.
  2. A fight, especially a fistfight without weapons.
    He got in a scrape with the school bully.
  3. An awkward set of circumstances.
    I'm in a bit of a scrape — I've no money to buy my wife a birthday present.
  4. A D and C or abortion; or, a miscarriage.
  5. A shallow depression used by ground birds as a nest; a nest scrape.

Verb

  1. 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.
  2. To injure or damage by rubbing across a surface.
    She tripped on a rock and scraped her knee.
  3. To barely manage to achieve.
    I scraped a pass in the exam.
  4. To collect or gather, especially without regard to the quality of what is chosen.
    Just use whatever you can scrape together.
  5. To extract data by automated means from a format not intended to be machine-readable, such as a screenshot or a formatted web page.
  6. To occupy oneself with getting laboriously.
    He scraped and saved until he became rich.
  7. To play awkwardly and inharmoniously on a violin or similar instrument.
  8. To draw back the right foot along the ground or floor when making a bow.
  9. 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.


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