'Scrape' definitions:
Definition of 'scrape'
From: WordNet
noun
A harsh noise made by scraping; "the scrape of violin bows distracted her" [syn: scrape, scraping, scratch, scratching]
noun
noun
A deep bow with the foot drawn backwards (indicating excessive humility); "all that bowing and scraping did not impress him" [syn: scrape, scraping]
noun
verb
Scratch repeatedly; "The cat scraped at the armchair" [syn: scrape, grate]
verb
Make by scraping; "They scraped a letter into the stone"
verb
Cut the surface of; wear away the surface of [syn: scratch, scrape, scratch up]
verb
verb
Gather (money or other resources) together over time; "She had scraped together enough money for college"; "they scratched a meager living" [syn: scrape, scrape up, scratch, come up]
verb
Bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of; "The boy skinned his knee when he fell" [syn: skin, scrape]
Definition of 'Scrape'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To remove by rubbing or scraping (in the sense above). [1913 Webster]
- I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock. --Ezek. xxvi. 4. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- The prelatical party complained that, to swell a number the nonconformists did not choose, but scrape, subscribers. --Fuller. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- To scrape acquaintance, to seek acquaintance otherwise than by an introduction. --Farquhar. [1913 Webster]
- He tried to scrape acquaintance with her, but failed ignominiously. --G. W. Cable. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Scrape'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To occupy one's self with getting laboriously; as, he scraped and saved until he became rich. "[Spend] their scraping fathers' gold." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To play awkwardly and inharmoniously on a violin or like instrument. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To draw back the right foot along the ground or floor when making a bow. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Scrape'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A drawing back of the right foot when bowing; also, a bow made with that accompaniment. --H. Spencer. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- The too eager pursuit of this his old enemy through thick and thin has led him into many of these scrapes. --Bp. Warburton. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'scrape'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ablate,
- ablation,
- abrade,
- abrase,
- abrasion,
- abrasive,
- accumulate,
- aggregate,
- amass,
- assemble,
- attrition,
- autolithograph,
- baffle,
- bafflement,
- bark,
- be a printmaker,
- belch,
- bend,
- bend the knee,
- bend the neck,
- bending the knee,
- bewilderment,
- bind,
- blare,
- blat,
- blemish,
- bloody,
- bob,
- bob a curtsy,
- bob down,
- bore,
- bother,
- bow,
- bow and scrape,
- bow down,
- bow the head,
- bowing and scraping,
- box,
- bray,
- break,
- bruise,
- brush,
- brush by,
- buffing,
- burn,
- burnishing,
- burr,
- burrow,
- buzz,
- cackle,
- caress,
- carve,
- caw,
- chafe,
- chafing,
- character,
- check,
- chip,
- chirr,
- chisel,
- clang,
- clangor,
- clank,
- clash,
- claw,
- clutch,
- come in contact,
- compile,
- complication,
- concussion,
- confoundment,
- confusion,
- contact,
- cope,
- corner,
- crack,
- crackle,
- craunch,
- craze,
- crease,
- cribble,
- croak,
- crosshatch,
- crump,
- crunch,
- curtsy,
- cut,
- damage,
- delve,
- detrition,
- difficulty,
- dig,
- dig out,
- dike,
- dilemma,
- dipping the colors,
- discomfiture,
- discomposure,
- disconcert,
- disconcertedness,
- disconcertion,
- disconcertment,
- disturbance,
- dredge,
- dredge up,
- dressing,
- drill,
- drive,
- economize,
- embarrassing position,
- embarrassment,
- enchase,
- enforce economies,
- engrave,
- enigma,
- erase,
- erasure,
- erode,
- erosion,
- excavate,
- fall down before,
- fiddle,
- file,
- filing,
- fine how-do-you-do,
- fix,
- flash burn,
- fracture,
- fray,
- frazzle,
- fret,
- fretting,
- furrow,
- gall,
- galling,
- garner,
- gash,
- gather,
- genuflect,
- genuflection,
- get along,
- get by,
- get hold of,
- glance,
- glean,
- gnaw,
- gnaw away,
- gouge,
- gouge out,
- grate,
- grave,
- graze,
- grazing,
- grind,
- grinding,
- groan,
- groove,
- grovel,
- growl,
- grub,
- grumble,
- hatch,
- hell to pay,
- hit,
- hobble,
- hole,
- homage,
- hot water,
- how-do-you-do,
- hurt,
- husband,
- imbroglio,
- impinge,
- incise,
- incision,
- inclination,
- injure,
- injury,
- inscribe,
- jam,
- jangle,
- jar,
- keep within compass,
- kiss,
- kneel,
- kneeling,
- kowtow,
- lacerate,
- laceration,
- lesion,
- limation,
- line,
- lithograph,
- lower,
- lower oneself,
- maim,
- make a leg,
- make ends meet,
- make mincemeat of,
- make obeisance,
- make prints,
- making a leg,
- manage,
- mark,
- marshal,
- maul,
- mess,
- mine,
- mix,
- morass,
- mortal wound,
- muddle,
- muster,
- mutilate,
- mutilation,
- mystery,
- nod,
- nonplus,
- nudge,
- obeisance,
- obsequiousness,
- osculate,
- parlous straits,
- pass,
- perplexity,
- perturbation,
- pickle,
- pierce,
- pile up,
- pinch,
- play violin,
- plight,
- polishing,
- position,
- pother,
- predicament,
- presenting arms,
- pretty pass,
- pretty pickle,
- pretty predicament,
- print,
- problem,
- prostration,
- puncture,
- put something aside,
- puzzle,
- puzzlement,
- quagmire,
- quandary,
- quarry,
- quicksand,
- rasp,
- rasping,
- raze,
- remove,
- rend,
- rent,
- reverence,
- riddle,
- rip,
- rub,
- rub away,
- rub off,
- rub out,
- rubbing away,
- run,
- rupture,
- salaam,
- salutation,
- salute,
- sandblasting,
- sanding,
- sap,
- savage,
- save,
- save up,
- saw,
- scald,
- scoop,
- scoop out,
- scorch,
- score,
- scotch,
- scour,
- scouring,
- scrabble,
- scranch,
- scrape along,
- scrape and save,
- scraping,
- scratch,
- scratching,
- screw,
- scrimp,
- scrub,
- scrubbing,
- scrunch,
- scuff,
- sculpture,
- second-degree burn,
- servility,
- shave,
- shining,
- shovel,
- sideswipe,
- sink,
- situation,
- skim,
- skimp,
- skin,
- skirt,
- slash,
- slit,
- slough,
- smoothing,
- snarl,
- snore,
- sore,
- spade,
- spare,
- spot,
- sprain,
- squeak by,
- squeeze,
- stab,
- stab wound,
- stack up,
- standing at attention,
- stew,
- stick,
- sticky wicket,
- stint,
- stipple,
- strain,
- strait,
- straits,
- struggle,
- submission,
- submissiveness,
- survive,
- swamp,
- sweep,
- tear,
- third-degree burn,
- tight spot,
- tight squeeze,
- tightrope,
- toady,
- tool,
- touch,
- touch lightly,
- touch upon,
- trauma,
- traumatize,
- trench,
- tricky spot,
- trouble,
- trough,
- tunnel,
- twang,
- unassuredness,
- unholy mess,
- upset,
- wear,
- wear away,
- wearing away,
- wound,
- wounds immedicable,
- wrench