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scrape
[ skreyp ]
verb (used with object)
- to deprive of or free from an outer layer, adhering matter, etc., or to smooth by drawing or rubbing something, especially a sharp or rough instrument, over the surface:
to scrape a table to remove paint and varnish.
- to remove (an outer layer, adhering matter, etc.) in this way:
to scrape the paint and varnish from a table.
- to scratch, injure, or mar the surface of in this way:
to scrape one's arm on a rough wall.
- to produce by scraping:
He scraped his initials on the rock.
- to collect or do by or as if by scraping; do or gather laboriously or with difficulty (usually followed by up or together ):
They managed to scrape together a football team.
- to rub harshly on or across (something):
Don't scrape the floor with your boots!
- to draw or rub (a thing) roughly across something:
Scrape your shoes on the doormat before you come in.
- to level (an unpaved road) with a grader.
- Digital Technology. to extract (data) from a digital source for automated replication, formatting, or manipulation by a computer program, as in data mining or website data analysis:
This project scrapes comments on online forums for linguistic research.
We can scrape older data from obsolete systems with a very simple interface.
verb (used without object)
- to scrape something.
- to rub against something gratingly.
- to produce a grating and unmusical tone from a string instrument.
- to draw one's foot back noisily along the ground in making a bow.
- to manage or get by with difficulty or with only the barest margin:
I barely scraped through on the test.
- to economize or save by attention to even the slightest amounts:
By careful scraping they managed to survive.
noun
- an act or instance of scraping.
- a drawing back of the foot noisily along the ground in making a bow.
- a harsh, shrill, or scratching sound made by scraping.
- a scraped place:
a scrape on one's elbow.
- an embarrassing or distressing situation; predicament:
He is always in some kind of a scrape.
- a difference of opinion, fight, or quarrel; scrap.
- Digital Technology.
- the process of extracting data from a digital source for automated replication, formatting, or manipulation by a computer program, as in data mining or website data analysis:
How long will the scrape take to complete?
- the product of this process:
The scrape maliciously copied private content to manipulate search engine rankings.
scrape
/ skreɪp /
verb
- to move (a rough or sharp object) across (a surface), esp to smooth or clean
- tr; often foll by away or off to remove (a layer) by rubbing
- to produce a harsh or grating sound by rubbing against (an instrument, surface, etc)
- tr to injure or damage by rough contact
to scrape one's knee
- intr to be very economical or sparing in the use (of) (esp in the phrase scrimp and scrape )
- intr to draw the foot backwards in making a bow
- tr to finish (a surface) by use of a scraper
- tr to make (a bearing, etc) fit by scraping
- bow and scrapeto behave with excessive humility
noun
- the act of scraping
- a scraped place
- a harsh or grating sound
- informal.an awkward or embarrassing predicament
- informal.a conflict or struggle
Derived Forms
- ˈscrapable, adjective
- ˈscraper, noun
Other Words From
- scrapa·ble adjective
- scrapeage noun
- un·scraped adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of scrape1
Word History and Origins
Origin of scrape1
Idioms and Phrases
see (scrape the) bottom of the barrel ; bow and scrape ; scare (scrape) up .Example Sentences
Koh Samui, Thailand, where Season 3 of "The White Lotus" is set, is where grace and spirituality scrape against snake shows and sensual hedonism.
Denman is noted for several signature phrases, such as “they will need wings to catch him” or “coming like an express train” or “scraping the paint” when a horse was on the rail.
He also would refer to horses close to the rail as “scraping the paint.”
Workmen scraping wood floors in a room that would become the artist’s studio.
"Their entire universe is being bulldozed by a massive slab of ice scraping along the sea floor," says Prof Griffiths.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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