scrape
Noun:
- An indication of damage: A mark or area where a surface has been worn, scratched, or abraded.
- A deep bow with the foot drawn backwards: A gesture of excessive humility or servility.
- A harsh noise made by scraping: A rough, grating sound produced when two surfaces rub together.
Verb:
- To injure the skin or surface: To damage or graze a surface by rubbing against something rough.
- To gather resources over time: To collect or accumulate something, especially money, with difficulty or in small amounts.
- To bend the knees and bow in a servile manner: To show excessive deference or humility.
- To cut or wear away the surface: To remove material from a surface by applying friction with a sharp or hard object.
- To make by scraping: To create something by scraping a surface.
- To scratch repeatedly: To make a repeated, often annoying, scratching motion or sound.
Noun:
- There was a long scrape on the side of the car from the accident.
- His constant scrape and bow before the king was embarrassing.
- The scrape of chalk on the blackboard set my teeth on edge.
Verb:
- He fell off his bike and scraped his elbow badly.
- She managed to scrape together enough cash for the train ticket.
- The servant would scrape before his master.
- You need to scrape the old paint off the window frame before repainting.
- The artist scraped a beautiful pattern into the wet clay.
- The dog kept trying to scrape at the door to be let out.
"To scrape by/along": To manage to live or survive with barely enough money or resources.
- After losing his job, the family had to scrape by on very little.
"To scrape the bottom of the barrel": To use the last and worst resources or options available because nothing better is left.
- Hiring him shows they're really scraping the bottom of the barrel.
"To scrape through": To barely succeed or pass, especially in a test or difficult situation.
- He didn't study much but somehow scraped through the exam.
Scraper (n): A tool used for scraping surfaces.
- He used a paint scraper to remove the old varnish.
Scraping (n): The action or sound of scraping; also, a small amount of something collected by scraping.
- The scraping of the shovel was loud.
- He added a scraping of butter to the bread.
- Noun (for a mark): Scratch, graze, abrasion.
- Verb (to injure skin): Graze, skin, abrade.
- Verb (to gather): Accumulate, amass, squirrel away.
Scrape off: To remove something from a surface by scraping.
- Scrape off the mud from your boots before coming inside.
Scrape up: To gather or collect something, especially with difficulty (similar to "scrape together").
- Can you scrape up the courage to ask her?
"Bow and scrape": To behave in an excessively obedient or humble way.
- I refuse to bow and scrape to anyone just to get a promotion.
"Have a scrape with someone/something": To have a brief, often minor, argument or encounter.
- He had a scrape with the law when he was younger.
- an indication of damage
- a deep bow with the foot drawn backwards (indicating excessive humility)
- all that bowing and scraping did not impress him
- an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off
- a harsh noise made by scraping
- the scrape of violin bows distracted her
- bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of
- The boy skinned his knee when he fell
- gather (money or other resources) together over time
- She had scraped together enough money for college
- they scratched a meager living
- bend the knees and bow in a servile manner
- cut the surface of; wear away the surface of
- make by scraping
- They scraped a letter into the stone
- scratch repeatedly
- The cat scraped at the armchair