Scrape

Quick meaning: Scrape is a verb meaning (ambitransitive) To draw (an object, especially a sharp or angular one), along (something) while exerting pressure.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To remove (something) by drawing an object along in this manner.
2. (transitive) To injure or damage by rubbing across a surface.
3. (transitive) To barely manage to achieve or attain.
4. (transitive) To collect or gather, especially without regard to the quality of what is chosen.
5. (intransitive) To occupy oneself with getting laboriously.
6. (ambitransitive) To play awkwardly and inharmoniously on a violin or similar instrument.
7. (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.

Example Sentences

I scraped a pass in the exam.

Scrape the chewing gum off with a knife.

Just use whatever you can scrape together.

She tripped on a rock and scraped her knee.

Word Forms

• scrapes
• scraping
• scraped

Synonyms for scrape

Depending on context, synonyms include grate, scratch, abrade, chafe, graze, abrasion.

Antonyms for scrape

Common opposites include stroll, breeze, ride, coast, romp.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include scratching, scratch, abrade, abrasion, excoriation, stub.

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