Scrape

[skreɪp] or [skrep]

Definition

(noun.) a deep bow with the foot drawn backwards (indicating excessive humility); 'all that bowing and scraping did not impress him'.

(noun.) a harsh noise made by scraping; 'the scrape of violin bows distracted her'.

(verb.) scratch repeatedly; 'The cat scraped at the armchair'.

(verb.) gather (money or other resources) together over time; 'She had scraped together enough money for college'; 'they scratched a meager living'.

(verb.) make by scraping; 'They scraped a letter into the stone'.

(verb.) bend the knees and bow in a servile manner.

Edited by Fergus--From WordNet

Definition

(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.

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

(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.

(v. t.) 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.

(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.

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

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

(v. i.) To draw back the right foot along the ground or floor when making a bow.

(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.

(n.) A drawing back of the right foot when bowing; also, a bow made with that accompaniment.

(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.

Typist: Margery

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [1]. Rub or abrade (with something edged).[2]. Gather, collect.

n. Difficulty, perplexity, distress, embarrassment, hot water.

Typed by Claus

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Grate, abrade, confricate, rasp, scratch, mark, groove

ANT:Lubricate, polish, levigate, dig, indent, wound

Edited by Davy

Definition

v.t. to make a harsh or grating noise on: to rub with something sharp: to remove by drawing a sharp edge over: to collect by laborious effort: to save penuriously: to erase.—v.i. to grub in the ground: to rub lightly: to draw back the foot in making obeisance: to play on a stringed instrument.—n. a perplexing situation: difficulty: a shave.—adj. Scrape′-good miserly stingy.—ns. Scrape′-penn′y a miser; Scrap′er an instrument used for scraping esp. the soles of shoes outside the door of a house: a hoe: a tool used by engravers and others: a fiddler; Scrap′ing that which is scraped off as the scrapings of the street: shavings hoardings; Scrap′ing-plane a plane used by workers in metal and wood.—Scrape acquaintance with to get on terms of acquaintance.

Typist: Mason

Examples

Typist: Perry

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