scrape

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Synonyms: scrap, scape, scraps, shrape, scrage, serape, crape, scrapy, scrapie, sarape, scrope

Antonyms: scrap, scape, scraps, shrape, scrage, serape, crape, scrapy, scrapie, sarape, scrope

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Verb

1. {{lb|en|ambitransitive}} To [[draw]] (an object, especially a [[sharp]] or [[angular]] one), along (something) while [[exert]]ing [[pressure]].
2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[remove]] (something) by [[draw]]ing an object along in this manner.
3. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[injure]] or [[damage]] by [[rub]]bing across a [[surface]].
4. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[barely]] [[manage]] to [[achieve]] or [[attain]].
5. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[collect]] or [[gather]], especially without regard to the [[quality]] of what is chosen. <!--always "scrape together"? needs an example of "scrape" alone-->
6. {{lb|en|computing|transitive}} To [[extract]] [[data]] by [[automated]] means from a [[format]] not intended to be [[machine-readable]], such as a [[screenshot]] or a formatted [[web page]].
7. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[occupy]] oneself with getting [[laborious]]ly.
8. {{lb|en|ambitransitive}} To [[play]] [[awkward]]ly and [[inharmonious]]ly on a [[violin]] or similar [[instrument]].
9. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[draw back]] the right [[foot]] along the [[ground]] or [[floor]] when making a [[bow]].
10. To [[express]] [[disapprobation]] of (a [[play]], etc.) or to [[silence]] (a [[speaker]]) by [[draw]]ing the feet [[back and forth]] upon the floor; usually with ''down''.

Noun

1. A [[broad]], [[shallow]] injury left by scraping (rather than a [[cut]] or a [[scratch]]).
2. The [[sound]] or [[action]] of something being scraped.
3. Something [[remove]]d by being scraped; a thin layer of something such as butter on bread.
4. {{lb|en|slang}} A [[fight]], especially a [[fistfight]] without [[weapon]]s.
5. An [[awkward]] set of circumstances.
6. {{lb|en|British|slang}} A [[D and C]] or [[abortion]]; or, a [[miscarriage]].
7. A shallow [[depression]] used by ground [[bird]]s as a [[nest]]; a [[nest scrape]].
8. {{lb|en|military}} A shallow pit dug as a hideout.
9. {{lb|en|UK|slang}} A [[shave]].
10. {{lb|en|uncountable|UK|slang|obsolete}} Cheap [[butter]].
11. {{lb|en|uncountable|UK|slang|obsolete}} Butter laid on bread in the thinnest possible manner, as though laid on and scraped off again.
12. {{lb|en|heraldry}} A diminutive of the [[bend]] (especially of the bend sinister) which is half its width.

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