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Definition of scrape

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Scrape (v. t.) 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..

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Rake :: Rake (v. i.) To use a rake, as for searching or for collecting; to scrape; to search minutely..

Paw :: Paw (v. i.) To draw the forefoot along the ground; to beat or scrape with the forefoot.

Rake :: Rake (v. t.) To collect or draw together with laborious industry; to gather from a wide space; to scrape together; as, to rake together wealth; to rake together slanderous tales; to rake together the rabble of a town..

Scrape :: Scrape (v. t.) To remove by rubbing or scraping (in the sense above).

Claw :: Claw (v. i.) To scrape, scratch, or dig with a claw, or with the hand as a claw..

Scrape :: Scrape (v. i.) 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..

Scrape :: Scrape (v. i.) To play awkwardly and inharmoniously on a violin or like instrument.

Muckworm :: Muckworm (n.) One who scrapes together money by mean labor and devices; a miser.

Rake :: Rake (v. i.) To pass with violence or rapidity; to scrape along.

Scraper :: Scraper (n.) An instrument having two or three sharp sides or edges, for cleaning the planks, masts, or decks of a ship..

Scrape :: Scrape (v. t.) 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..

Scrap :: Scrap (v. t.) Something scraped off; hence, a small piece; a bit; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion..

Strigose :: Strigment (n.) Scraping; that which is scraped off.

Shuffle :: Shuffle (v. i.) To move in a slovenly, dragging manner; to drag or scrape the feet in walking or dancing..

Scrape :: Scrape (v. i.) To occupy one's self with getting laboriously; as, he scraped and saved until he became rich..

Scraper :: Scraper (n.) One who scrapes.

Limp :: Limp (n.) A scraper for removing poor ore or refuse from the sieve.

Scrape :: Scrape (n.) 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..

Scraper :: Scraper (n.) In the printing press, a board, or blade, the edge of which is made to rub over the tympan sheet and thus produce the impression..

Scrapepenny :: Scrapepenny (n.) One who gathers and hoards money in trifling sums; a miser.