scrape
verb
[ skreɪp ]
• drag or pull a hard or sharp implement across (a surface or object) so as to remove dirt or other matter.
• "remove the green tops from the carrots and scrape them"
• rub or cause to rub by accident against a rough or hard surface, causing damage or injury.
• "he smashed into the wall and felt his teeth scrape against the plaster"
Similar:
graze,
scratch,
abrade,
scuff,
rasp,
skin,
rub raw,
cut,
lacerate,
bark,
chafe,
strip,
flay,
wound,
excoriate,
• narrowly pass by or through something.
• "there was only just room to scrape through between the tree and the edge of the stream"
• copy (data) from a website using a computer program.
• "all search engines scrape content from sites without permission and display it on their own sites"
scrape
noun
• an act or sound of scraping.
• "he heard the scrape of his mother's key in the lock"
Similar:
grate,
grating,
creak,
creaking,
grind,
grinding,
jar,
jarring,
rasp,
rasping,
scratch,
scratching,
rub,
rubbing,
squeak,
squeaking,
screech,
screeching,
• a procedure of dilatation of the cervix and curettage of the uterus.
• an embarrassing or difficult predicament caused by one's own unwise behaviour.
• "he'd been in worse scrapes than this before now"
Similar:
predicament,
plight,
tight corner,
tight spot,
ticklish/tricky situation,
problem,
quandary,
dilemma,
crisis,
mess,
muddle,
jam,
fix,
stew,
bind,
hole,
hot water,
a pretty/fine kettle of fish,
spot of bother,
trouble,
difficulty,
straits,
dire/desperate straits,
distress,
Origin:
Old English scrapian ‘scratch with the fingernails’, of Germanic origin, reinforced in Middle English by Old Norse skrapa or Middle Dutch schrapen ‘to scratch’.
