Scraping

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act of one who scrapes.
  • noun. That which is scraped off from a substance, or is collected by scraping or raking: generally used in the plural: as, the scrapings of the street; pot-scrapings.
  • noun. plural Savings; hard earnings; hoardings.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Resembling the act of, or the effect produced by, one who, or that which, scrapes.
  • noun. The act of scraping; the act or process of making even, or reducing to the proper form, by means of a scraper.
  • noun. Something scraped off; that which is separated from a substance, or is collected by scraping.
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  • verb. Present participle of scrape.
  • noun. What has been removed when something has been scraped.
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  • noun. (usually plural) a fragment scraped off of something and collected
  • noun. a harsh noise made by scraping
  • noun. a deep bow with the foot drawn backwards (indicating excessive humility)
    • Word Usage
    "Now that's what I call scraping the bottom of the barrel."
    cross-reference
    dumb scraping  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    bow  bowing  fragment  noise  obeisance  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    aping  draping  escaping  gaping  raping  
    verb-stem
    scrape  
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