What is "scrape"

Scrape \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.

Scrape \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 \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.

early 13c., probably from Old Norse skrapa "to scrape, erase," from Proto-Germanic *skrapojan (cognates: Old English scrapian "to scrape," Dutch schrapen, German schrappen), from PIE *skerb-, extension of root *(s)ker- "to cut" (see shear (v.)). Meaning "gather by great effort, collect with difficulty" is from 1540s. Related: Scraped; scraping. To scrape the bottom of the barrel in figurative sense is from 1942, in reference to U.S. employers facing worker shortages during the war.

mid-15c., "a scraping instrument;" late 15c., "act of scraping or scratching," from scrape (v.). Meaning "a shave" is slang from 1859. Meaning "embarrassing or awkward predicament" is recorded from 1709, as OED suggests, "probably from the notion of being 'scraped' in going through a narrow passage."

n. 1 A broad, shallow injury left by scraping (rather than a cut or a scratch). 2 A fight, especially a fistfight without weapons. 3 An awkward set of circumstances. 4 (context British slang English) A D and C or abortion; or, a miscarriage. 5 A shallow depression used by ground birds as a nest; a nest scrape. vb. 1 To draw an object, especially a sharp or angular one, along (something) while exerting pressure. 2 To injure or damage by rubbing across a surface. 3 To barely manage to achieve. 4 To collect or gather, especially without regard to the quality of what is chosen. 5 (context computing English) 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. 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''.

1. n. a harsh noise made by scraping; "the scrape of violin bows distracted her" [syn: scraping, scratch, scratching]

2. an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off [syn: abrasion, scratch, excoriation]

3. a deep bow with the foot drawn backwards (indicating excessive humility); "all that bowing and scraping did not impress him" [syn: scraping]

4. an indication of damage [syn: scratch, scar, mark]

1. v. scratch repeatedly; "The cat scraped at the armchair" [syn: grate]

2. make by scraping; "They scraped a letter into the stone"

3. cut the surface of; wear away the surface of [syn: scratch, scratch up]

4. bend the knees and bow in a servile manner [syn: kowtow, genuflect]

5. gather (money or other resources) together over time; "She had scraped together enough money for college" [syn: scrape up, come up]

6. bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of; "The boy skinned his knee when he fell" [syn: skin]

7. strike against an object; "She stubbed her one's toe in the dark and now it's broken" [syn: stub, skin, abrade]

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