intransitive verb. To remove (an outer layer, for example) from a surface by forceful strokes of an edged or rough instrument.

intransitive verb. To abrade or smooth by rubbing with a sharp or rough instrument.

intransitive verb. To rub (a surface) with considerable pressure, as with an edged instrument or a hard object.

intransitive verb. To draw (a hard or abrasive object) forcefully over a surface.

intransitive verb. To injure the surface of by rubbing against something rough or sharp.

intransitive verb. To amass or produce with difficulty.

intransitive verb. To come into sliding, abrasive contact.

intransitive verb. To rub or move with a harsh grating noise.

intransitive verb. To give forth a harsh grating noise.

intransitive verb. To economize or save money by paying attention to very small amounts; scrimp.

intransitive verb. To succeed or manage with difficulty.

noun. undefined

noun. The act of scraping.

noun. The sound of scraping.

noun. An abrasion on the skin.

noun. undefined

noun. An embarrassing or difficult predicament.

noun. A fight; a scuffle. synonym: brawl.

noun. A small dredge which removes material by scraping the top; a scraper.

noun. A plow or cultivator shovel consisting of a straight horizontal blade of steel, in use placed obliquely on the stock; a scraper.

To shave or abrade the surface of with a sharp or rough instrument, especially a broad instrument, or with something hard; scratch, rasp, or shave, as a surface, by the action of a sharp or rough instrument; grate harshly over.

To make clean or smooth by scratching, rasping, or planing with something sharp or hard.

To remove or take off by or as by scratching or rubbing; erase: with out, off, or the like.

To collect by careful effort; gather by small earnings or savings: with together or up, or the like: as, to scrape enough money together to buy a new watch.

Synonyms Scrape, Scratch, Chafe, Abrade, Erode. Scraping is done with a comparatively broad surface: as, to scrape the ground with a hoe; scratching is done with that which is somewhat sharp: as, to scratch the ground with a rake; chafing and abrading are done by pressure or friction: as, a chafed heel. Erode is chiefly a geological term, meaning to wear away by degrees as though by gnawing or biting out small amounts. Scraping generally removes or wears the surface; scratching makes lines upon the surface; chafing produces heat and finally soreness; abrading wears away the surface; eroding may cut deep holes. Only chafe may be freely figurative.

To scratch, or grub in the ground, as fowls.

To rub lightly or gratingly: as, the branches scraped against the windows.

To draw back the foot in making obeisance: as, to bow and scrape.

To play with a bow on a stringed instrument: a more or less derogatory use.

To save; economize; hoard penuriously.

To scratch; draw sharply across something; “strike,” as a match.

To remove the scrape, or concreted turpentine, from the faces of turpentined trees.

In golf, to drag the club slowly along the ground in the act of putting.

noun. The act or noise of scraping or rubbing, as with something that roughens or removes a surface; hence, the effect of scraping, rubbing, or scratching: as, a noisy scrape on a floor; the scrape of a pen.

noun. A scraping or drawing back of the foot in making obeisance.

noun. An embarrassing position, usually due to imprudence and thoughtlessness.

noun. The concreted turpentine obtained by scraping it out from incisions in the trunks of Pinus australis.

noun. A shave.

noun. Same as scrap.

noun. The act of scraping; also, the effect of scraping, as a scratch, or a harsh sound.

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

noun. 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.

transitive verb. 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.

transitive verb. To remove by rubbing or scraping (in the sense above).

transitive verb. 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.

transitive verb. 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.

transitive verb. to seek acquaintance otherwise than by an introduction.

intransitive verb. 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.

intransitive verb. To occupy one's self with getting laboriously.

intransitive verb. To play awkwardly and inharmoniously on a violin or like instrument.

"Just a liddle bit *scoop scoop scrape scrape* *plump*"

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