Scrape - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- a deep bow with the foot drawn backwards (indicating excessive humility) (syn: scraping)
- an indication of damage (syn: mark, scar, scratch)
verb
- bend the knees and bow in a servile manner (syn: genuflect, kowtow)
- gather (money or other resources) together over time (syn: come up, scrape up, scratch)
Extra examples
Someone had scraped the car with a key.
I scraped one of the chairs while bringing it up the stairs.
I scraped my knee when I fell.
The boat scraped against the edge of the dock.
She scraped her fingernails across the blackboard.
The deer scraped its antlers against the tree.
Scrape the seeds into a bowl.
Scrape the paint from the wood.
There's a scrape on the fender that wasn't there yesterday.
I got a scrape on my knee when I fell.
We survived the accident with a few minor bumps and scrapes.
She got into a few scrapes with the police when she was younger.
I scraped the lichen from the tombstone.
Scrape the dead leaves together into a pile.
Tom scraped down all four walls in the room.
Phrasal verbs
scrape up — gather (money or other resources) together over time
Word forms
I/you/we/they: scrape
he/she/it: scrapes
present participle: scraping
past tense: scraped
past participle: scraped
singular: scrape
plural: scrapes
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