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Definition scrape

Etymology

From Middle English scrapen, from Old Norse skrapa (“to scrape, scratch”) and Old English scrapian (“to scrape, scratch”), both from Proto-Germanic *skrap?n?, *skrepan? (“to scrape, scratch”), from Proto-Indo-European *skreb- (“to engrave”). Cognate with Dutch schrapen (“to scrape”), schrappen (“to strike through; to cancel; to scrap”), schrabben (“to scratch”), German schrappen (“to scrape”), Danish skrabe (“to scrape”), Icelandic skrapa (“to scrape”), Walloon screper (“to scrape”), Latin scrib? (“dig with a pen, draw, write”).

Verb

scrape (third-person singular simple present scrapes, present participle scraping, simple past and past participle scraped)

1. (transitive, intransitive) 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.
5. (transitive) To collect or gather, especially without regard to the quality of what is chosen.
6. (computing) 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. (transitive, intransitive) To play awkwardly and inharmoniously on a violin or similar instrument.
9. To draw back the right foot along the ground or floor when making a bow.
10. To express disapprobation of (a play, etc.) or to silence (a speaker) by drawing the feet back and forth upon the floor; usually with down.

Noun

scrape (plural scrapes)

1. A broad, shallow injury left by scraping (rather than a cut or a scratch).
2. A fight, especially a fistfight without weapons.
3. An awkward set of circumstances.
4. (Britain, slang) A D and C or abortion; or, a miscarriage.
5. A shallow depression used by ground birds as a nest; a nest scrape.

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