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—scrapable, adj. —scrapeage, n./skrayp/, v., scraped, scraping, n.v.t.1. to deprive of or free from an outer layer, adhering matter, etc., or to smooth by drawing or rubbing something, esp. a sharp or rough instrument, over the surface: to scrape a table to remove paint and varnish.2. to remove (an outer layer, adhering matter, etc.) in this way: to scrape the paint and varnish from a table.3. to scratch, injure, or mar the surface of in this way: to scrape one's arm on a rough wall.4. to produce by scraping: He scraped his initials on the rock.5. to collect or do by or as if by scraping; do or gather laboriously or with difficulty (usually fol. by up or together): They managed to scrape together a football team.7. to draw or rub (a thing) roughly across something: Scrape your shoes on the doormat before you come in.8. to level (an unpaved road) with a grader.v.i.9. to scrape something.10. to rub against something gratingly.11. to produce a grating and unmusical tone from a string instrument.12. to draw one's foot back noisily along the ground in making a bow.13. to manage or get by with difficulty or with only the barest margin: I barely scraped through on the test.14. to economize or save by attention to even the slightest amounts: By careful scraping they managed to survive.n.15. an act or instance of scraping.16. a drawing back of the foot noisily along the ground in making a bow.17. a harsh, shrill, or scratching sound made by scraping.18. a scraped place: a scrape on one's elbow.19. an embarrassing or distressing situation; predicament: He is always in some kind of a scrape.20. a difference of opinion, fight, or quarrel; scrap.[bef. 1000; (v.) ME scrapen < ON skrapa; r. ME shrapen, OE scrapian to scratch (c. ON skrapa); (n.) late ME: scraper, deriv. of the v.]Syn. 14. scrimp, stint, pinch.
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