Definition of scrape

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Scrape (n.) 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..

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Scratch :: Scratch (v. t.) To rub and tear or mark the surface of with something sharp or ragged; to scrape, roughen, or wound slightly by drawing something pointed or rough across, as the claws, the nails, a pin, or the like..
Muckworm :: Muckworm (n.) One who scrapes together money by mean labor and devices; a miser.
Strigose :: Strigment (n.) Scraping; that which is scraped off.
Scrabble :: Scrabble (v. t.) To scrape, paw, or scratch with the hands; to proceed by clawing with the hands and feet; to scramble; as, to scrabble up a cliff or a tree..
Scrape :: Scrape (n.) A drawing back of the right foot when bowing; also, a bow made with that accompaniment..
Squill :: Squilgee (n.) Formerly, a small swab for drying a vessel's deck; now, a kind of scraper having a blade or edge of rubber or of leather, -- used for removing superfluous, water or other liquids, as from a vessel's deck after washing, from window panes, photographer's plates, etc..
Scrape :: 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..
Erase :: Erase (v. t.) To rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, or painted; to efface; to expunge; to cross out; as, to erase a word or a name..
Scraped :: Scraped (imp. & p. p.) of Scrap.
Rake :: Rake (v. t.) To scrape or scratch across; to pass over quickly and lightly, as a rake does..
Scrape :: Scrape (v. t.) To remove by rubbing or scraping (in the sense above).
Shuffle :: Shuffle (v. i.) To move in a slovenly, dragging manner; to drag or scrape the feet in walking or dancing..
Rake :: Rake (v. t.) To pass a rake over; to scrape or scratch with a rake for the purpose of collecting and clearing off something, or for stirring up the soil; as, to rake a lawn; to rake a flower bed..
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.) One who scrapes.
Scraping :: Scraping (n.) The act of scraping; the act or process of making even, or reducing to the proper form, by means of a scraper..
Scraping :: Scraping (a.) Resembling the act of, or the effect produced by, one who, or that which, scrapes; as, a scraping noise; a scraping miser..
Scrape :: Scrape (v. i.) To draw back the right foot along the ground or floor when making a bow.
Scrap :: Scrap (v. t.) Something scraped off; hence, a small piece; a bit; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion..
Rake :: Rake (v. i.) To pass with violence or rapidity; to scrape along.
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