scraping

  • 11Scraping (album) — Infobox Album | Name = Scraping Type = Album Artist = Calexico Released = 2002 Recorded = 2000 2002 Genre = Rock Length = ? Label = Our Soil, Our Strength Producer = ? Reviews = Last album = Aerocalexico (2001) This album = Scraping (2002) Next… …

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  • 12Scraping the Barrel — Infobox Album | Name = Scraping the Barrel Type = Album Artist = Gentle Giant Released = 15 November, 2004 Recorded = Genre = Progressive rock Length = Label = Alucard Producer = Reviews = Last album = Under Construction (1997) This album =… …

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  • 13scraping the barrel —    When all the best people, things or ideas and so on are used up and people try to make do with what they have left, they are scraping the barrel.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …

    English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • 14Scraping the barrel —   When all the best people, things or ideas and so on are used up and people try to make do with what they have left, they are scraping the barrel …

    Dictionary of English idioms

  • 15scraping — scrapingly, adv. /skray ping/, n. 1. the act of a person or thing that scrapes. 2. the sound of something being scraped. 3. Usually, scrapings. something that is scraped off, up, or together. [1400 50; late ME; see SCRAPE, ING1] * * * …

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  • 16scraping — noun What has been removed when something has been scraped …

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  • 17scraping — A specimen scraped from a lesion or specific site, for cytologic examination. SEE ALSO: smear. SYN: scrape. * * * scrap·ing skrā piŋ n material scraped esp. from diseased tissue (as infected skin) for microscopic examination …

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  • 18scraping — scrap|ing [ skreıpıŋ ] noun 1. ) scrapings plural small amounts or pieces of something that have been SCRAPED from a surface 2. ) singular a rough unpleasant noise made by something rubbing against a hard surface …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 19scraping — scrap·ing || skreɪpɪŋ n. act of scratching; act of scrubbing or scouring; sound produced by two surfaces rubbing against one another skreɪp v. scour, scrub, rub; remove material from a surface by rubbing; achieve or collect with difficulty;… …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 20scraping — /ˈskreɪpɪŋ/ (say skrayping) noun 1. the act of someone or something that scrapes. 2. the sound. 3. (usually plural) that which is scraped off, up, or together …