Scraping
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Scraping is a noun meaning The sound or action of something being scraped.
Meaning
The sound or action of something being scraped.
More Meanings
- Something removed by being scraped.
- (computing) Automated collection of data, data scraping.
- present participle and gerund of scrape
Example Sentences
the scrapings of roads and ditches
We explored the basement, wherein she had so often heard heavy footsteps, thuddings, and scrapings.
The practice of scraping the internet is longstanding and was largely disclosed by the companies and nonprofit organizations that did it. But it was not well understood or seen as especially problematic by the companies that owned the data.
[…] the tables in the refectory would be laid out with plates of bread and scrapings of butter, with bowls ready for the saltless and slightly burned porridge, with the dark wells of golden syrup that served a universal purpose in early Australian cookery.
Word Forms
- scrapings
Synonyms for scraping
Depending on context, synonyms include scrape, scratch, scratching.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include scratching, scratch, removing, mining, extracting, abrading.
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