Scrape

/skɹeɪp/ · verb

Meaning

(ambitransitive) To draw (an object, especially a sharp or angular one), along (something) while exerting pressure..

Definitions by Sense

1. (ambitransitive) To draw (an object, especially a sharp or angular one), along (something) while exerting pressure.
2. (transitive) To remove (something) by drawing an object along in this manner.
3. (transitive) To injure or damage by rubbing across a surface.
4. (transitive) To barely manage to achieve or attain.
5. (transitive) To collect or gather, especially without regard to the quality of what is chosen.
6. (computing, transitive) To extract data by automated means from a format not intended to be machine-readable, such as a screenshot or a formatted web page.
7. (intransitive) To occupy oneself with getting laboriously.
8. (ambitransitive) To play awkwardly and inharmoniously on a violin or similar instrument.

Example Sentences

She scraped the wooden plate with her fingernails.

That car often scrapes the shallowest of humps because of its low ground clearance.

Scrape the chewing gum off with a knife.

She tripped on a rock and scraped her knee.

We went tip-toeing along a path amongst the trees back towards the end of the widow's garden, stooping down so as the branches wouldn't scrape our heads.

I scraped a pass in the exam.

Just use whatever you can scrape together.

They didn't provide an API, so I simply scraped their website.

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Antonyms for scrape

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Word Forms

• scrapes
• scraping
• scraped

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